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Fact-checker journalist. Deputy editor @Open_gol @OpenFactCheck (@factchecknet verified signatory)
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El 31 de julio de 2026 verifiqué la geolocalización del vídeo del camión para @Open_gol. La escena fue filmada en la N2, cerca de Tetuán, a unos 51 km de Ceuta. Mi trabajo fue citado por los colegas de @maldita y @Newtral. La narración que situaba esa escena específica junto a la frontera no se sostiene con los datos disponibles.

El fact-checking se limita a esto.

open.online/2026/08/01/vid…
www.open.online Il camion pieno di uomini a Ceuta era a 50 chilometri dal confine: così la geolocalizzazione... Abbiamo geolocalizzato il video del camion coi migranti verso Ceuta. Il fermo era sulla N2, a Tétouan, a circa 50 km dal confine.
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A video supposedly showing piles of cash and gold bars found in the home of a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon is going viral on X. The story is false. The video was generated with AI.
The video was first posted on 12 august by Egyptian comedy page Egyptoon, with zero reference to Hezbollah, Lebanon or any military commander. The caption? A joke asking where «this mess» ended up. Laughing emojis included.
Days later, the same clip started circulating by @JBreakingNews and @plexaleOK with a new narrative: gold and dollars found in the rubble of Hezbollah's Radwan Force commander Ali Samir al-Hajj Hassan.
In both versions, Egyptoon's watermark, visible top-left in the original, had been cropped or blurred out. The blurred area matches the logo's exact position in the original reel. The AI origin is visible in the banknotes themselves.

Full fact-check (in italian) with sources:
open.online/2026/08/26/vid…
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