Disinformation spreads on social media after Japan quake

A vehicle resting on the edge of a collapsed road in Tohoku town in Aomori Prefecture on Dec 9, 2025, following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake off northern Japan. - AFP

TOKYO: Disinformation regarding a powerful earthquake that mainly hit Aomori prefecture and other parts of Japan’s Tohoku north-eastern region on Monday (Dec 8) night is being spread on X and other social media platforms, including a claim that the earthquake was created artificially.

Fake videos, believed to have been created using generative artificial intelligence (AI), are going viral.