viral video Shared by X It shows a former student accusing 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz of sexual assault.
BREAKING NEWS: Tim Walz’s former student, Matthew Metro, recants shocking allegations — alleging that Walz sexually assaulted him in 1997, when Walz was a teacher at Mankato West High School. At that time, Metro was the senior.
If this is true, it is a political earthquake. pic.twitter.com/9T86w6TSxQ
— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) October 16, 2024
Verdict: False
This video has been manipulated and contains audio generated by artificial intelligence (AI). According to photos shared by X and Facebook, the man in the video looks nothing like the real Matthew Metro. Additionally, media forensics and AI experts denied the video’s authenticity in an email to Check Your Fact.
Fact check:
Walz and former Democratic President Bill Clinton plan to campaign for 2024 Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Durham, North Carolina, on Thursday, the report said. news and observer. Walz will also make a stop in Winston-Salem, the newspaper said.
The video, which has been viewed more than 4 million times at the time of writing, features a former student accusing Walz of sexual assault. In the video, the black man identifies himself as Matthew Metro and claims that Walz assaulted him at Mankato West High School in 1997.
That claim is false. A man named Matthew Metro attended Mankato West High School from 1993 to 1996, according to his testimony. LinkedIn profilethe guy looks nothing like the guy from the viral X video. A photo of the real Matthew Metro was shared Another X post He also reiterated that he looks nothing like the guy in the viral X video.
“That’s not him. His face and bone structure don’t resemble him at all. This video shows him attending Mankato West High School from 1993 to 1996, then working at the Ballet Academy in New York, and then being homeless in 2021.” “Significant evidence of AI manipulation using Matthew Metro’s facial features,” the post reads.
of photograph What appears in the post is Facebook profile Belongs to the real Matthew Metro.
Not him. His face and skeletal structure are not similar at all. This video shows significant evidence of AI manipulation using the facial features of Matthew Metro, who attended Mankato West HS from 1993 to 1996, worked at New York Ballet Academy, and then became homeless in 2021 . pic.twitter.com/eUPLyVDu0S
— Joseph (@joecus62) October 16, 2024
Furthermore, according to some information, scan According to TrueMedia.org, the video shows “significant evidence of manipulation” and includes AI-generated audio.
Similarly, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports to support the claim. Mr. Walz also press release Not even Statement on social media Respond to complaints. (RELATED: X-Video claims Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff didn’t pay for their orders during a cafe stop)
Additionally, Dr. Walter Shirer, a media forensics and AI expert at the University of Notre Dame, denied the video’s authenticity in an email to Check Your Fact.
“This video appears to be the product of a generative AI algorithm. The voice is unnatural and doesn’t sync well with the mouth of the subject in the video. Furthermore, since it was published, this video has already been posted by various news sources. has debunked it,” Shirer said.
Walz was a social studies teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School from 1996 to 2006. Spectrum News New York 1.
Check Your Fact has also reached out to Walz’s office for comment.
