The Kate Middleton saga continues -- in light of Kensington Palace choosing to keep their fake photo of her up on Instagram ... the platform is now warning people, this is fraudulent.
Cara Delevingne's Parents Reveal Cause of House Fire, Say She's Devastatedsaga continues -- in light of Kensington Palace choosing to keep their fake photo of her up on Instagram ... the platform is now warning people, this is fraudulent.
IG has officially slapped the Mother's Day picture seen 'round-the-world -- which has since been revealed to be heavily edited -- with a flag that explicitly lets people know the picture ain't authentic ... and that users would be wise to be cautious with it.The disclaimer on her post now reads,"Altered photo/video. The same altered photo was reviewed by independent fact-checkers in another post.
A further description of their decision to label her picture with this explains that the fact-checker found the photo had been edited in a way that could mislead people, but not because it was shown out of context. Translation ... this thing was cooked up in the lab! The third-party fact-checker that IG is relying on for this conclusion is a company called EFE Verifica -- which is a Spanish org that specializes in this sorta thing.
BTW, Instagram is not the only company that's distancing itself from Kate's pic -- French news agency AFP came out publicly this week to say that they do not consider Kensington Palace a trusted source.AFP's global news director said they were going to heavily vet anything that Kensington sends their way going forward ... and a notice has been sent to their teams globally. If his attitude here -- namely, to ignore and power on -- is any indication ...
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