“The viral video shows a cow sitting and riding a scooter on a street in India.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Aug 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is AI-generated as it has visible inconsistencies, and detection tools have flagged it as AI-generated. Hive AI tool flagged it as 95.5% AI-generated. While a video from a similar incident from Rishikesh went viral earlier, this clip is unrelated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 August 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 August 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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