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Question about a viral photo of a 'ghost' in a museum
I saw a picture going around last month of a blurry figure in the Egyptian wing of the British Museum. I spent an hour looking for the original source before I realized the metadata showed it was taken in 2021, not last week. The date mismatch was the first clue it was a recycled hoax. I started checking the EXIF data on any suspicious image after that. It's a simple step that catches a lot of old stories pretending to be new. Has anyone else found a good way to quickly verify when a photo was actually taken?
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phoenix1492mo ago
It's the same with news stories, people just slap a new date on old stuff and call it fresh.
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kellygrant25d ago
Ngl, have you tried just checking the 'metadata' on old pics? I've caught people reposting my hiking photos from three years ago with new dates. Quick tip: right-click the file on your computer and look at the 'date taken' or 'date modified' info - it'll show the real timestamp even if they tried to rename it. Reverse image search is solid too like Jenny said, but metadata is the dead giveaway if they didn't strip it out. Saved me from calling out a buddy who tried to pass off a 2018 sunset as last week's - the file said all of it.
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the_jenny2mo ago
Reverse image search is clutch too, it'll show you if that same pic popped up years ago on some random forum.
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