No, you're not that good at detecting fake videos—two misinformation experts explain how to recognize them

Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father's dead body, whimpering in Arabic, "Don't leave me." The second purports to show a pregnant woman with her stomach slashed open and claims to document the testimony of a paramedic who handled victims' bodies after Hamas' attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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