{"id":5432,"date":"2026-11-09T22:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2026-11-10T14:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:45:40","slug":"false-image-portraying-udps-presidential-nomination-crowd-at-iec-doctored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/?p=5432","title":{"rendered":"False: Image portraying UDP\u2019s presidential nomination crowd at IEC doctored"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_224543_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5429\" style=\"width:405px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_224543_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_224543_Docs.jpg?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_224543_Docs.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claim<\/strong>: A Facebook user shared an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19SxqCXBS4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image<\/a> depicting a crowd of the United Democratic Party (UDP) during their presidential candidate\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: False! Our findings show that the image has been doctored and generated through AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatou Jagne, a popular social media influencer and activist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19SxqCXBS4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a purported image of a crowd painted yellow and bearing \u201cUDP\u201d markings, depicting their appearance during their nomination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatou Jagne made the post (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/koq8x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) on November, 9, 2026, and wrote, \u201cThe drone is here. This is the truth. Thank you #QtvGambia,\u201d as the caption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She made the post on Facebook, where it has generated 85 likes as of November 9, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The claim&#8217;s virality prompted Info-Checked to verify the authenticity of the posted image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We searched online platforms during the nominations process and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1Db6DXp2WW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that the United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and leader of the Gambia First Coalition UDP-led alliance arrived in a black car, not a white car as portrayed in the picture shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225116_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225116_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225116_Docs.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225116_Docs.jpg?w=924&amp;ssl=1 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screengrab image of Ousainou Darboe in a black car. Photo Source: Kerr Fatou<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We ran the photo through AIorNOT and RockIMG to check for manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both AI content detection tools showed signs of manipulation. AIorNOT showed a 22 per cent probability that the image was AI-generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RockIMG, however, puts AI-probability at 35 per cent and manipulation risk at 73 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225332_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225332_Docs.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225332_Docs.jpg?resize=768%2C354&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_225332_Docs.jpg?w=913&amp;ssl=1 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Analysis of the image. Source: RockIMG<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our findings show that the image of the UDP crowd at their nomination was manipulated to push the narrative. The image did not depict the actual crowd as portrayed. The claim is therefore false.<br><br>By Momodou Janneh <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: A Facebook user shared an image depicting a crowd of the United Democratic Party (UDP) during their presidential candidate\u2019s nomination. Verdict: False! Our findings show that the image has been doctored and generated through AI Full Text Fatou Jagne, a popular social media influencer and activist, posted a purported image of a crowd painted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot_20261109_224543_Docs.jpg?fit=920%2C430&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5456,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions\/5456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infochecked.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}