In August 2024, a video spread on the network, on which the French president allegedly kissed an unknown man. It is alleged that Macron spent time with employees of the escort agency. We decided to check the authenticity of this video.
Since August 8, Telegram channels have been distributing a video that captures the hugs and kisses of Emmanuel Macron and a certain man, as well as their photos in the company of satellites. Bloggers referring to Western social networks and magazines, assuredthat the French president has fun during the Olympic Games for the money of taxpayers. This was written, for example, Telegram channels Voblya (231,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), "Rhymes and news"(138 000),"Release Kraken!"(84,000) and the channel of the former head of Roscosmos, and now a member of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation from the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region Dmitry Rogozin (64,000).
The video extended by Telegram channels lasts 9 seconds. (in some posts there is also a shorter, 5-second version). Macron and an unknown man stand on the deck of the yacht, the satellite hugs the French president and kisses him on the lips. Along with this video, some channels also published a cover of Voici magazine with a photograph of Macron sunbathing in a chair.
The cover of the magazine is genuine: Indeed, the number of the French tabloid for August 2–8 was Dedicated The president’s rest in his summer residence in Breanson.
From there And other photos common by some Telegram channels. Among them there is a picture that captures Macron and the same shaven -headed man in black swimming trunks. The latter holds the French president by the wrist. There are no photographs or video of two men in the magazine.
If you carefully see the viral video, some oddities become noticeable. The right hand of a skin -headed man holds Macron by the wrist. Then the hand moves to the waist. But for a split second, the fingers continue to hold the wrist.
Based on this part, program journalists Les Observateurs The France 24 TV channel concluded that the video was created by artificial intelligence based on a photograph taken from the tabloid. The French factor tried to generate the same video with the help of publicly available AI services and received the same, quite believable result.
However, the real author of the video, as it turned out, did not hide the use of neural networks. The earliest post with this video Published August 2 at 22:07 Moscow time on the network of X French blogger Miko with the signature "Vacation of the President according to AI is something demonic."
Below, in the remarks of the author, they asked: "Is this your job?" To which he replied: "No, artificial intelligence."
As for the publication of TMZ, which some authors of Telegram channels refer to, then in this American tabloid "verified" It was not possible to find No investigation, supposedly dedicated to the holidays of Macron.
Thus, initially the video was conceived as a humorous, and the author did not make a secret that it was created using artificial intelligence. This, however, did not stop bloggers in X, and then in Telegram to treat him as real shooting.
In Russian-speaking Telegram channels, the video began to spread after almost a week. The earliest post that managed to find "verified" was published on August 8 at 21:17 Moscow time in the channel "Tasking News"(3000 views at the time of writing of the analysis). It was there that the version of the escort agency arose that supposedly supplies the macron of men. Shortly before this, in Russian telegram channels and the media spread fake about the German Foreign Minister Annalen Berobokwho allegedly used the services of the Nigerian gigolo.
Photo on the cover: Wikimedia Commons
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