Altered Video of Greta Thunberg Advocating 'Vegan Grenades in Wars' Goes Viral

This video is a deepfake. The original video shows Thunberg talking about climate action and not wars.

Fact-check: This is an altered video of Greta Thunberg advocating 'vegan grenades and biodegradable missiles' in wars.

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A video showing Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg talking about using 'vegan grenades and biodegradable missiles in wars' is going viral on social media.

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Is this true?: No, this is an altered video.

• The original interview of Thunberg shows her discussing the environmental measures she undertook during her childhood.

• This deepfake video has been created using AI technology to show that she was advocating using "vegan weaponry" in wars.

How did we find out the truth?: We noticed 'BBC', 'SATIRE' and '@snicklink' on the corners of the viral video.

• On performing a relevant keyword search, we found the source of the viral video.

• This was shared by a user named 'Snicklink' on X (formerly Twitter) account on 20 October 2023.

• The caption carried the hashtag 'satire'.

The post can be seen here.

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• We also found the original video of this interview shared by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on their official YouTube channel.

• This was shared on 1 November 2022 and was titled, "Greta Thunberg on how to tackle climate anxiety".

• The viral part starts at 0:16 timestamp and shows Thunberg talking about how she started her journey of being environmentally conscious.

• Nowhere in the interview does she talk about warfare, as claimed in the viral post.

• She says, “When you are a child of eight, ten, or eleven, there is not much that you can do to make a big difference so you start small. I started with turning off the lights at home to save energy. And that led to other things. Eventually, I stopped flying, I became vegan and so on. I even got my parents to do that, too, because I started talking to them, and they started to listen to my concerns. Making them change, it also gave me the courage that I needed to move on and start school striking. So, starting somewhere or at home is really good."

Conclusion: This is an altered video of Greta Thunberg advocating 'vegan grenades and biodegradable missiles' in wars.

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