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c/fake-news-autopsyfiona_carr26fiona_carr261mo agoProlific Poster

Question about a viral photo of a 'ghost' in a museum

I saw a picture going around last month of a blurry figure in the Egyptian wing of the British Museum. I spent an hour looking for the original source before I realized the metadata showed it was taken in 2021, not last week. The date mismatch was the first clue it was a recycled hoax. I started checking the EXIF data on any suspicious image after that. It's a simple step that catches a lot of old stories pretending to be new. Has anyone else found a good way to quickly verify when a photo was actually taken?
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phoenix149
phoenix1491mo ago
It's the same with news stories, people just slap a new date on old stuff and call it fresh.
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the_jenny
the_jenny1mo ago
Reverse image search is clutch too, it'll show you if that same pic popped up years ago on some random forum.
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sean_barnes24
But is it worth the time? Most people just post pics for fun anyway.
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