Fake video of the unhygienic conditions of Indian street food shared

Fact Check: Fake video of the unhygienic conditions of Indian street food shared

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Social media users have shared a video of an Indian street vendor serving food in unhygienic conditions by keeping his feet inside the food container; many X users have shared videos believing the claim. 

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Fact Check:

Upon investigation, we found the video to be fake. Closer inspection revealed unnatural movements of the person in the footage, along with a visible watermark of SORA AI, an AI-based video generation tool.

Further investigation revealed that the source of this video was a TikTok account “indianstreetfoodonly.” This account posts AI-generated videos, portraying Indian street vendors selling food in unhygienic conditions. Other videos from his account can be viewed here and here.


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Conclusion:

The claim that an Indian street vendor is serving food in an unhygienic condition by keeping his feet inside the food container is FAKE. The video posted by many social media users is AI-generated, and the original source of the video, a TikTok account, often uses SORA AI to create its videos portraying Indian street food vendors as unhygienic sellers.