All FactCheckers: Real pictures, big lie? (with Rue89 MOOC)

As disinformation and foreign digital interference campaigns grow ever more sophisticated, France Télévisions has entered into an unprecedented partnership with VIGINUM. The aim of this collaboration is to better inform, raise awareness among, and equip audiences to deal with the risks posed by information manipulation, in order to safeguard the reliability of news and the integrity of public debate.

In the age of generative AI, doubt creeps into everything we see, believe, and share. The result? Competing narratives, a fractured reality, a common language coming apart — and a new reflex we all need to learn: assuming that any image is false until proven otherwise. We’re no longer just in the post-truth era, where feelings outweigh facts. Welcome to Post-Reality!

With the development of generative AI, it is becoming increasingly difficult to mke a difference between authentic videos and those generated by AI when browsing the internet. In its commitment to transparency, France Télévisions wants to be able to guarantee its content to its audiences by adopting the C2PA protocol.