WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Videos show migrants making demands about living in Australia.
OUR VERDICT
False. The footage is AI-generated.
AAP FACTCHECK - A Facebook page is amassing thousands of views and shares by churning out AI-generated videos promoting anti-immigrant narratives.
The page has published several clips supposedly depicting immigrants making demands on the Australian government or insisting on receiving special treatment.
Despite being called Inside Australia, the page's transparency details reveal it is operated by a user in Sri Lanka.
One Facebook video purports to show a Syrian man and two other people sitting inside a service station, with the man urging the Australian government to prohibit the sale of "non-halal food".
"Syrian man demands HALAL food in Australia's service stations," the text overlay reads.
When a still from the video is uploaded to Google Images, the "About this image" feature identifies it as "Made with Google AI" as it contains a "Synth ID watermark".
Searching Google Images using a still from the video reveals it contains a hidden digital watermark indicating it was "Made with Google AI."
The video also displays several hallmarks of AI generation.
A female to the man's left appears to eat through her face covering, and the man's arms blur and distort as he gestures.
Another video features three women wearing Muslim dress gathered at Speakers' Corner, a free-speech forum held in front of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.
One woman criticises Australia's visa application process, saying "we spit on your legal paths" and declares that they are "not leaving".
While the building in the video closely resembles the Art Gallery of NSW, several details do not match the actual site, suggesting it's AI-generated.
The lettering on the building reads "NSW", whereas the real gallery has its name, "New South Wales", written out in full.
The side panels visible on the building are blank, despite displaying bronze murals in reality, and the bronze equestrian statue in front of the gallery is missing.
The names of prominent artists normally written on the building's exterior are similarly absent.
Another Facebook video features a woman wearing a niqab entering a bank, and a man in a high-visibility vest who appears to usher her in.
The clip then shows bank staff asking a delivery rider to remove his motorcycle helmet.
"Why the double standard? Helmet off, niqab stays on," text overlaid on the video reads.
Several visual and auditory anomalies reveal that the footage is AI-generated.
The video conflates different banks, with Commonwealth Bank signage visible on the exterior while ATMs inside the branch are branded Barclays, a UK-based bank.
Nonsensical text also appears on multiple signs within the footage, while the rider's helmet seems to blend into the door in several frames.
The dialogue is delivered with UK accents, despite the setting purporting to be in Australia.
A Facebook video claims to show a woman being interviewed by Nine News on a beach, complaining about the heat and calling on the government to provide shade and free water.
This clip is also AI-generated.
The microphone cover does not match those used by the network and no trace of the footage exists on Nine News' social media accounts or its website.
While the individuals shown in these videos appear realistic, they exhibit common signs of AI-generated content, including unnaturally smooth skin and imperfect lip-syncing.
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