By Pascal Ibe
Claim
A Facebook user, Ogidan Temitope shared an image showing many people who were charging their phones at a place over lack of power supply and claimed it was in Zambia.
Verdict
This claim is FALSE.
Simple checks by FACTWATCH Nigeria indicated that this image was highly AI-generated.
Full Text
Owing to the consistently inadequate power supply in Africa, a Facebook user, Ogidan Temitope, posted a photo showing many people who were charging their phones at a place over lack of power supply and claimed it was in Zambia.
The Facebook user posted the image in a group named Tunde Ednut.
He shared the photo with a caption that reads, “Current situation in Zambia make e no reach naija o 🤣🤣
The post garnered over 12k reactions, more than 2k, and 2l shares on Facebook.
See the original post on Facebook here.
Verification
According to an image tool for detecting AI-generated photos, Hive Moderation analysis showed that the picture of persons charging phones at a place was an AI-generated photo.
In the results by Hive Moderation, Classes Score showed that the image has
ai_generated
0.97
dalle
0.68
midjourney
0.2
pika
0.05
deepfake
0.04
Also, further checks on another AI image verification tool, Sightengine, showed that the photo was 99% AI-generated.
No credible news publication has corroborated this claim that there’s a total blackout in Zambia.
Conclusion
The Facebook user intentionally shared this AI-generated photo to mislead the public. Therefore, this claim is FALSE
