{"id":"1793139721842-viral-segment","slug":"mbappe-deepfakes-fool-the-internet","title":"Mbappé Deepfakes Fool the Internet","summary":"Michael and Grace, the Indiana Pacers fans who went viral, were at Barclays Center again; ClutchPoints reports they appeared “more lovey-dovey.”\n\nChada the bear from a sanctuary near Kyiv has become a social media star; a video of her emerging from her den went viral, as shared by Massimo/Rainmaker1973.","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T22:22:01.842Z","channel":{"id":"viral","name":"Oncast Viral","language":"en"},"show":"Main Character","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Michael and Grace, the Indiana Pacers fans who went viral, were at Barclays Center again; ClutchPoints reports they appeared “more lovey-dovey.”\nSource: [clutchpoints.com](https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-viral-couple-back-at-it-more-lovey-dovey) NAMES: Barclays Center = NBA arena in Brook (https://bsky.app/profile/clutchpoints.bsky.social/post/3mytk2o256k22)\n\nTRUE: Chada the bear from a sanctuary near Kyiv has become a social media star; a video of her emerging from her den went viral, as shared by Massimo/Rainmaker1973.\nSource: Original viral video/sanctuary via Rainmaker1973 NAMES: Chada = the bear at the sanctuary near Kyiv. (https://bsky.app/profile/rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social/post/3mytrcb3vni22)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Michael and Grace, the Indiana Pacers fans who went viral, were at Barclays Center again; ClutchPoints reports they appeared “more lovey-dovey.”","sourceName":"[clutchpoints.com](https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-viral-couple-back-at-it-more-lovey-dovey) NAMES: Barclays Center = NBA arena in Brook","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/clutchpoints.bsky.social/post/3mytk2o256k22","claim":"Six months after Indiana Pacers fans Michael and Grace went viral for appearing to have a conversation that turned heated, they returned to the Barclays Center ⬇️ (via clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-viral-couple-back-at-it-more-lovey-dovey)","author":"ClutchPoints (@clutchpoints.bsky.social)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Chada the bear from a sanctuary near Kyiv has become a social media star; a video of her emerging from her den went viral, as shared by Massimo/Rainmaker1973.","sourceName":"Original viral video/sanctuary via Rainmaker1973 NAMES: Chada = the bear at the sanctuary near Kyiv.","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social/post/3mytrcb3vni22","claim":"Chada the bear from a sanctuary near Kyiv has become a social media star. A video of her emerging from her den has gone massively viral. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Nora","text":"Tonight's full moon is called the Hunter Moon, and the internet has decided the name itself is the content."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The Hunter Moon. It does sound like a video game boss."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It's October's first full moon after the Harvest Moon. Old farming calendar name."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So people are posting it because it sounds cool. That checks out."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Fuzzykonfusion on X put it plainly: \"everyone is posting the hunter moon right now, the name alone is already a meme\""},{"host":"Jake","text":"No conspiracy, no politics, just a name. I'll take that after last hour."},{"host":"Nora","text":"The posts are all the same moon shot with different captions. Some call it a sign, some call it a Wes Anderson still."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The name is doing heavy lifting. If it were called the Accountant Moon, nobody would care."},{"host":"Nora","text":"True. But it's a nice break from the usual doomscroll."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Same. But then the internet had to go and ruin it with fake videos."},{"host":"Nora","text":"You lead it. I brought the moon."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So the moon is safe, but the biggest soccer star in the world is not. A user on X named Ichita posted that everyone is flooding the timeline with Mbappé clips. He's not wrong, but the clips are the real story."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Flooded with what, exactly?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"AI deepfakes. One video shows a man tugging Mbappé's ear, captioned as his father reprimanding him about his PSG future. Totally fake. GhanaFact called it manipulated."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Millions of views before it was debunked. Millions."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And another one where he supposedly says he won't play the 2026 World Cup in the U.S. because of how people are treated. Also fake."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Lupa checked it and called it completely false."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The real press conference was from June, and he was talking sports in French, not politics. The AI put words in his mouth."},{"host":"Nora","text":"This is the problem. People see a video, they believe it. Nobody checks the source."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And the account that made these labels itself a parody. French AI Covers. It's right there."},{"host":"Nora","text":"The label gets stripped the moment someone reposts it. By the time it reaches your feed, it's just Mbappé says this."},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's exactly my point. People share without checking. The platform can't force you to read the label."},{"host":"Nora","text":"No, no, wait. The platforms could watermark AI video. They could flag the big accounts that repost it. They do neither."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So every time a fake goes viral, you blame the platform instead of the million people who didn't spend five seconds checking?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"I blame both. But the platform has the power to stop it and zero incentive to, because the views pay."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Oh, come on. That's a cop-out. Adults have to be responsible for what they share."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Adults also trust their eyes. A deepfake of Mbappé isn't blurry. It looks like a phone video from the locker room. That's the danger."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Then maybe we need better media literacy. Schools should teach this."},{"host":"Nora","text":"That's a ten-year fix. The AI fakes are happening now, and Euronews says they spread alongside World Cup matches like clockwork."},{"host":"Jake","text":"I know, but you can't regulate your way out of this. The next fake will be someone else, and the label will be stripped again."},{"host":"Nora","text":"So we just accept it? Every election, every war, every big story will have a fake video and we shrug?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"No. You call it out when you see it, and you teach people to doubt anything too good to be true. But blaming the platform is the easy answer."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It's not easy. It's the only answer that scales. One person checking doesn't stop a million people from seeing it."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Then fine. I'll give you that in high-stakes cases, the platforms should downrank unlabeled AI. But for dumb sports fakes? People should just laugh and move on."},{"host":"Nora","text":"But they don't. They argue, they share, they believe. The World Cup clips show exactly how fast misinformation travels."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And yet Mbappé is still playing, still rich, still fine. So maybe the stakes are smaller than you think."},{"host":"Nora","text":"This week, sure. Next time it could be a political speech, and the stakes won't be small."},{"host":"Jake","text":"You went from a moon to doomsday in two stories."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It's the internet. It never stays cute."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Either way, if a video of Mbappé tells you your coffee order is wrong, check the label."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And the moon is still real."},{"host":"Jake","text":"For now. Just wait until someone posts a deepfake werewolf under it."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I give it an hour."}]}