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# Fake news: the top stories from last week you might have missed
- URL: https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/fake-news-the-top-stories-from-last-week-you-might-have-missed/
- Published: 2024-04-02T11:35:06.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-02T11:35:06.000Z
- Author: Gezim Hilaj
- Tags: Audience & Social, News, Emanuel Macron, Facebook, fact check, fake news, #Migrated-1793717950415, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-11-03 14:59

A lot of fake news information has been shared on [social media platforms](https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/xs-new-blue-check-verification-sparks-concerns-over-fact-checking-and-misinformation/) in the last week. We've rounded up a list of the top stories, which were verified by fact-checker media organisations.

## French president dancing in nightclub

A video of the French President Emanuel Macron dancing in a nightclub has been identified as a deepfake. Shared [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/vaska.yu/posts/pfbid02EcG1tMjvx5doWDa9AS1qPbWtP4WeudwrbckgHoJZBEU16vUF2PnZHcscqVoZMeyxl), [X (formerly Twitter)](https://twitter.com/FunFact75878288/status/1768894418898071884?s=20&ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfpPj9Gzan0&ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page), the footage showed Mr Macron dancing while wearing a variety of outfits. The [fact-checker organisation](https://fullfact.org/online/macron-clubbing-video-deepfake/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) Full Fact found that the video showing the dancers has been on YouTube for many years. The footage comes from around 1986-87 at Stratus Dance Club in California in the United States. The footage was a creation of [AI](https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/the-rise-of-ai-in-journalism-promise-and-peril/). 

A video on YouTube showing French President Macron dancing

## The captain of the ship who hit the bridge in Baltimore is Ukrainian

On March 26, 2024, a container ship named Dali lost power and crashed into a pillar of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge, plunging parts of it into the Patapsco River below. After that, Fact-checking organisations have flagged up as false information many posts on Facebook claiming that the captain of the ship Dali is a citizen of [Ukraine](https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/war-ukraine-best-social-media-coverage/)

There was no evidence for this. One of the first websites that posted this claim was the Russian website Pravda and pro-war Russian Z-channels on [Telegram](https://archive.is/9PSEk?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page). Generally supporting the Kremlin's party line, according to the media organisation [Lead Stories](https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/03/fact-check-hallie-biden-did-not-say-on-x-that-trump-won-2020-election.html?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page).

## Japan is banning COVID vaccines

Posts on [social media](https://archive.org/details/20240329%5F20240329%5F1208) claiming COVID vaccines ban in Japan, with more than 2.5 million views are not true. Users have widely shared this information in an article by a conspiratorial website prepareforchange.net on Facebook and X . The article claims, without evidence, that the move came after “an official government study tied the injections to the nation’s soaring sudden deaths.” Japan’s health ministry has said that COVID-19 vaccinations will no longer be free of charge starting in April, but has not announced a ban on the vaccines, according to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/japan-is-not-banning-covid-vaccines-contrary-online-claims-2024-03-29/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page).

## Photo of the Russian oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin on a train this year

A [viral photo](https://twitter.com/Sprinterfactory/status/1768186072180113771?s=20&ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) shared on X by Sprinter Factory showed the former director of Russia’s Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. He died last year.

The photos show the profile of a man looking out of the window on a train with the captions on X: “A photo from a train is going viral on social networks, where such an interesting person was spotted.” 

The X account @runews was the first to [share](https://x.com/runews/status/1767990314113868040?s=20&ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) on 3 March the photos from the train, according to [FullFact](https://fullfact.org/online/viral-photos-train-not-prigozhin/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page).