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href="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/viral/fact-check-old-unrelated-video-from-bangladesh-goes-viral-as-recent-from-india-5444/" aria-label="Fact check: Old, unrelated video from Bangladesh, goes viral as recent from India" rel="bookmark" > <img width="310" height="174" src="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/New-Project-5.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Old, unrelated video shared as recent from India" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <span class="post-overlay"></span> </a> </figure> 264 <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="entry-title"><a class="" href="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/viral/fact-check-old-unrelated-video-from-bangladesh-goes-viral-as-recent-from-india-5444/" rel="bookmark" >Fact check: Old, unrelated video from Bangladesh, goes viral as recent from India </a></div> 265 </div><!-- .entry-wrapper --> </article> <article 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href="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/viral/fact-check-viral-image-of-police-kicking-a-sanitation-worker-is-ai-generated-5428/" rel="bookmark" >Fact check: Viral image of police kicking a sanitation worker is AI-generated </a></div> 271 </div><!-- .entry-wrapper --> </article> <article id="event-5415" data-post-id="5415" class="category-viral category-world post-has-image" 272 > <figure class="post-thumbnail " style=""> <a class="" href="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/world/fact-check-old-unrelated-and-ai-generated-videos-falsely-shared-as-recent-footage-of-nepal-floods-5415/" aria-label="Fact check: Old, unrelated and AI-generated videos falsely shared as recent footage of Nepal floods" rel="bookmark" > <img width="310" height="174" src="https://www.lighthousejournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/New-Project.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Old unrelated AI generated videos 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593 PWT.ow_BidsReceived = true; 594 initAdserver( false, defined_ad_units, atf_ad_units ); 595 } 596 ); 597 } 598 // No need to handle "else" part as we have A9 wrapper on page. 599 // OpenWrap code END here. 600 refresh_adcode_on_scroll( defined_ad_units, othr_ad_units ); 601 var FAILSAFE_TIMEOUT = 2000; // this timeout should be more than OpenWrap and A9 timeout. 602 setTimeout( 603 function() { 604 initAdserver( true, defined_ad_units, atf_ad_units ); // calling this function with forced mode set to true so that GPT API is always executed. 605 }, 606 FAILSAFE_TIMEOUT 607 ); 608 } 609 610 if ( ad_config['ad_interval_load'] ) { 611 setTimeout( function() { 612 var init_ad_load_event = true; 613 if ( '1' === enable_pubmatic_header ) { 614 init_ad_load_event = false; 615 } 616 if ( true === init_ad_load_event ) { 617 ie_network_init_Ad_load( init_ad_load_event ); 618 } 619 }, AD_LOAD_TIMEOUT ); 620 } 621 622 if ( '1' !== enable_pubmatic_header && ad_config['active_plt'] && false === ad_config['ad_interval_load'] ) { 623 if ( 'mobile' === ad_config['check_mobile'] ) { 624 var first_touch = true; 625 document.addEventListener( 626 'touchmove', 627 function(e) { 628 if ( first_touch ) { 629 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 630 if ( othr_ad_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 631 googletag.pubads().refresh([defined_ad_units[container_id]]); 632 } 633 } 634 first_touch = false; 635 } 636 }, 637 false 638 ); 639 var first_mb_scroll = false; 640 document.addEventListener( 641 'scroll', 642 function(e) { 643 if ( false === first_mb_scroll ) { 644 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 645 if ( othr_ad_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 646 googletag.pubads().refresh([defined_ad_units[container_id]]); 647 } 648 } 649 first_mb_scroll = true; 650 } 651 }, 652 false 653 ); 654 } else { 655 var first_scroll = false; 656 document.addEventListener( 657 'scroll', 658 function(e) { 659 if ( false === first_scroll ) { 660 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 661 if ( othr_ad_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 662 googletag.pubads().refresh([defined_ad_units[container_id]]); 663 } 664 } 665 first_scroll = true; 666 } 667 }, 668 false 669 ); 670 } 671 } 672 } ); 673 function ie_network_init_Ad_load( active_force ) { 674 if ( true === active_force && true !== window.initAdserverFlag ) { 675 window.initAdserverFlag = true; 676 googletag.pubads().refresh(); 677 } 678 } 679 680 function ie_enable_interval_refresh_load( force_ref ) { 681 if ( true === force_ref ) { 682 googletag.pubads().refresh(); 683 } 684 } 685 686 // this function will act as a lock and will call the GPT API. 687 function initAdserver( forced, defined_ad_units, top_slot_ads_units ) { 688 if ( ( true === forced && true !== window.initAdserverFlag ) || ( PWT.a9_BidsReceived && PWT.ow_BidsReceived ) ) { 689 window.initAdserverFlag = true; 690 PWT.a9_BidsReceived = PWT.ow_BidsReceived = false;
691 var refresh_top_ads = []; 692 if ( 0 !== top_slot_ads_units.length ) { 693 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 694 if ( top_slot_ads_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 695 refresh_top_ads.push( defined_ad_units[container_id] ); 696 } 697 } 698 googletag.pubads().refresh( refresh_top_ads ); 699 } 700 } 701 } 702 703 function refresh_adcode_on_scroll( defined_ad_units, other_ad_units ) { 704 var first_touch = true; 705 var first_mb_scroll = true; 706 document.addEventListener( 707 'touchmove', 708 function( e ) { 709 if ( true === first_touch && true === first_mb_scroll ) { 710 var refresh_others_ads = []; 711 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 712 if ( other_ad_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 713 refresh_others_ads.push( defined_ad_units[container_id] ); 714 } 715 } 716 googletag.pubads().refresh( refresh_others_ads ); 717 first_touch = false; 718 } 719 }, 720 false 721 ); 722 723 document.addEventListener( 724 'scroll', 725 function(e) { 726 if ( true === first_touch && true === first_mb_scroll ) { 727 var refresh_others_ads_scroll = []; 728 for ( var container_id in defined_ad_units ) { 729 if ( other_ad_units.includes( container_id ) ) { 730 refresh_others_ads_scroll.push( defined_ad_units[container_id] ); 731 } 732 } 733 googletag.pubads().refresh( refresh_others_ads_scroll ); 734 first_mb_scroll = false; 735 } 736 }, 737 false 738 ); 739 } 740 741 function ieNetworkGPTScript(){ 742 var gptads = document.createElement('script'); 743 gptads.async = true; 744 gptads.type = 'text/javascript'; 745 gptads.src = "https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"; 746 var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; 747 node.parentNode.insertBefore(gptads, node); 748 } 749 window.addEventListener( 'load', (event) => { 750 var gpt_delay_status = true; 751 if ( '1' === enable_pubmatic_header ) { 752 gpt_delay_status = false; 753 } 754 var IE_GPT_TIMEOUT = 2000; 755 var ie_gpt_config = ''; 756 if ( '1' === ie_gpt_config ) { 757 IE_GPT_TIMEOUT = 500; 758 } 759 if ( true === gpt_delay_status ) { 760 setTimeout(function () { 761 ieNetworkGPTScript(); 762 }, IE_GPT_TIMEOUT ); 763 } 764 }); 765 </script>
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