Hebe Campbell

Journalist at @Independent, specialising in video verification & disinformation. Previously Broadcast Journalist at @Euronews & Presenter at @londonlive.

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

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Facebook takes no action on AI-generated far-right ‘influence campaign’ after it was flagged a month ago

https://t.co/AgVxy4sXtu

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@Twocandan Hi @Twocandan I am a journalist at The Independent - did you take this video? If so, please could we use, with credit to you? Thanks.

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

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@Johnfis08605918 has set a NEW Guinness World Records title for the most takeaway dishes memorised in 30 seconds 💪

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@JacoboBentata Hi @JacoboBentata I am a journalist at The Independent. Please could we use this with credit to you? Thanks!

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

Kemi Badenoch says many migrants crossing the Channel are not ‘refugees’— what do the figures actually show?
https://t.co/XsQWFbszIy

[Full Fact @FullFact]

New data shows that the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is 29% lower than when Labour entered government.

As a result we’re now rating the government’s commitment to “end asylum hotels” as ‘in progress’.
https://t.co/w6EyPzdCfP

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Congratulations @Hebeiona, @Independent, for being named this year's #30ToWatch winner in the Breakthrough category.

Thanks to our category judges @NewsFrenchTony, former Senior News Correspondent at The Standard, and Jonathan Paterson, Chair of the @JSchofieldTrust.

https://t.co/sIPHoBtEGd

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

Yesterday, I spoke with @netblocks about how Iran’s internet blackout could be influencing our algorithms - often without people realising it.

https://t.co/rw6FQngB0L

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This ‘US invasion’ video claiming to show troops preparing for a ground invasion is fake | Debunked

https://t.co/CVkActh95b

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

At a time when synthetic media is shaping everyone’s social media feeds, video verification has never been more important. For this episode of Debunked, I investigated the deepfake that even fooled the President of the United States.

https://t.co/3it851vmko

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 18 March

This video, viewed over 3 million times, claims to show USS Abraham Lincoln on fire after being struck by Iranian missiles.

The video is AI-generated. It's not real.

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

I'm being asked by many users how they can verify images and videos of the conflict in the Middle East, including many fakes that are going viral.

This is a thread I wrote exactly three years ago with a step-by-step guide on verifying online images that anyone can learn to do.

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

For our latest episode of Debunked, Nigel Farage claimed the UK government denied him entry to the Chagos Archipelago.

Entry requires a permit — so I asked Reform UK if he’d actually applied, and put Farage's claim to the government.

https://t.co/0BqG8J2rQc

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.

[Hebe Campbell @Hebeiona]

Fact check: The government is not paying £500 a night to house asylum seekers in The Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf — despite claims being made online.

But, what’s the real cost? We asked the Home Office.