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Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars

Posted on 07/05/202515/08/2025 By AOB
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Mark Carney has not announced that cars made prior to 2000 won’t be allowed on the road.

A deepfake video purporting to show Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing a ban on pre-2000 cars, prohibiting window tints, and outlawing lifted trucks has been debunked — The Journal’s FactCheck confirms it is entirely fabricated, the result of AI manipulation of footage from a March 27 press conference on tariffs.

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