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  • 2021-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Video Show New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Smoking? (en)
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  • A video shared on Twitter and Facebook purportedly shows New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smoking from a pipe. New Zealand Prime Minister Smoking Crack 🙄🤦‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/MI8DqFhuFI — Hapa Girl 🇺🇸/🇯🇵 (@k_bee5) October 1, 2021 Verdict: False The video is a deepfake created by superimposing Ardern’s face over another person smoking cannabis. Fact Check: The video features a split-screen of two separate sets of footage, one of which purports to show Ardern smoking from what looks like a glass pipe. In the other clip, which is genuine , the New Zealand prime minister speaks with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation event in 2019. NEW ZEALANDS PRIME MINISTER SMOKING CRACK, reads the caption of the Facebook post. The tweet includes a similar caption. (RELATED: Did New Zealand’s Government Tell A Public Broadcaster To Censor Anti-Government Comments On Its Social Media Platforms?) Through a keyword search, Check Your Fact found the video of Ardern supposedly smoking posted on YouTube by the channel Genuine Fake back in October 2020. On the channel’s About page , it states that it posts Deepfake models of Celebrities/ Politicians. A deepfake is a realistic-looking but fake video produced using artificial intelligence, according to CBS’ 60 Minutes. A video posted on YouTube in May 2019 shows a background that matches the one visible in the deepfake video, but it features a different woman. In the video , the woman does ASMR and smokes marijuana from a glass pipe. That video looks to have been used as a base for the creation of the deepfake one. During a debate in 2020, Ardern admitted to having used cannabis a long time ago, The New York Times reported. (en)
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