| Title: | Doctored CNN tweet circulates in posts about ‘child soldiers training in Ukraine’ |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.328N282 |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 26, 2022 |
| Description: | An image shared in multiple social media posts in different countries purports to show a genuine tweet from CNN about child soldiers in Ukraine. The claim is false; AFP found no evidence that the tweet was ever published by CNN, and the US broadcaster said it was fabricated. The photo in the posts has circulated online since at least 2018 in reports about Ukrainian children learning battlefield skills at a summer camp, and the photographer told AFP it was “never used” by CNN. |
Doctored CNN tweet circulates in posts about ‘child soldiers training in Ukraine’
An image shared in multiple social media posts in different countries purports to show a genuine tweet from CNN about child soldiers in Ukraine. The claim is false; AFP found no evidence that the tweet was ever published by CNN, and the US broadcaster said it was fabricated. The photo in the posts has circulated online since at least 2018 in reports about Ukrainian children learning battlefield skills at a summer camp, and the photographer told AFP it was "never used" by CNN.
