Following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the removal of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, artificial intelligence-generated videos purporting to show Venezuelan citizens celebrating in the streets have gone viral across social media.
These AI clips, depicting celebrating crowds, have amassed millions of views across platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X.
One of the earliest and most widely shared clips on X was posted by an account named “Wall Street Apes,” which has over 1 million followers on the platform.
The post shows crowds crying and celebrating in the streets, thanking the U.S. and President Donald Trump for removing Maduro.
The video has since been flagged by a community note, a crowdsourced fact-checking feature on X that allows users to add context to posts they believe are misleading. The note read: “This video is AI generated and is currently being presented as a factual statement intended to mislead people.”
