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This video of ‘Iran capturing US pilot’ was filmed in Pakistan
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this series, SCMP Fact-Check, the South China Morning Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers.
A video circulating online amid the US-Israel war on Iran falsely claims to show a downed American pilot captured alive by Iranians.
“Iranians Captured F35 Pilot alive,” read the caption of a Facebook reel.
The video appeared to show a man being apprehended by two others in an open field.
The reel was shared after Iran shot down an American F-15E fighter jet on April 3, with two United States airmen later being rescued.
