video Shared by X The video shows Canadians celebrating the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

🚨BREAKING: Canadians celebrate news of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation by recreating the iconic hot tub party in front of Parliament Hill.#JustinTrudeau pic.twitter.com/IVIS9NOfbJ

— Ajam Saifi (@AjamSaifi0) January 6, 2025

Verdict: False

The video was created using artificial intelligence (AI) and shared on X by a self-proclaimed meme account. An AI expert confirmed the video was not real in a fact-checking email.

Fact check:

Prime Minister Trudeau recently announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada. BBC News. Trudeau, who faced pressure to resign, plans to remain prime minister until the Liberals choose a successor, the newspaper reported.

X-video allegedly shows Canadians celebrating Prime Minister Trudeau’s resignation. In the video, a large group of people appears to be attending an outdoor gathering with a hot tub.

The video’s caption reads: “Breaking news: Canadians celebrate news of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation by recreating the iconic hot tub party in front of Parliament House.”

That claim is false. of video Created by AI and shared on X by @DrClownPhD, a self-proclaimed meme account. account I will explain As such, it is sharing “credible fake news and memes” through its bio. The original post shared by the account on January 6th has received more than 600,000 views at the time of writing.

Similarly, “Check Your Fact” Content detection scan Using the website TrueMedia.org, we found that the video showed “evidence of manipulation.” Additionally, Prime Minister Trudeau does not appear to have publicly commented on the allegations. Website or his confirmed socializing media account. (Related: Is police video related to recent German Christmas market attack?)

Also found: Check the facts There are no reliable reports to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. January 9th, Misbar They debunked the video and showed it was generated by AI.

Additionally, Dr. Walter Shirer, an AI expert at the University of Notre Dame, confirmed in an email to “check your facts” that the video was not real.

“This is a very low quality video generated by AI. Most of the people and objects depicted are distorted and deformed into very unnatural shapes. Additionally, as the video progresses, For example, the second man from the left in the bathtub makes beer out of nothing at 3 seconds.In another example, the maple leaf on the Canadian flag appears at 3 seconds. and then change direction,” Shirer said.