The hidden signs that can reveal a fake photo

The hidden signs that can reveal a fake photo

This photo of Barack Obama circulated in 2008, but is fake - the clock is a clue, a reference to a Hillary Clinton TV ad about picking up the phone at 3:00
Faked pictures are clearly not a new phenomenon, and indeed BBC Future has reported on their ubiquity before. In 2012, for example, we published a guide to fake images of Hurricane Sandy which were doing the rounds at the time.

You may well have seen the dramatic, but fake, images of supercell storm clouds swirling above the Statue of Liberty. BBC Future writer Rose Eveleth has also reported on the way that fake images affect memories.
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