Viral picture of Nigel Farage with child cancer patient debunked as AI fake
The image was used in two viral posts on Facebook.
A picture claiming to show Nigel Farage visiting a child with cancer in hospital to fulfil their ‘final wish’ has been debunked as fake.
The supposed image was shared in two posts on Facebook, one of which racked up more than 15,000 interactions.
The posts claimed that the image showed Farage visiting a girl with terminal brain cancer whose ‘final wish’ was to meet the Reform UK leader.
The pictures show a smiling Farage next to the child in a hospital bed, with the caption: “Nigel Farage canceled [sic] everything, boarded a plane, and walked quietly into a hospital room no one was watching.
“No spotlight. No audience. Just a man kneeling beside a hospital bed, holding a fragile hand, whispering words so powerful that doctors and nurses broke down in tears.”
Now, fact-checking service Full Fact has debunked the images as fakes that were created using artificial intelligence.
