As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-with a global AI Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on 10 February, social media post shared a digital converted image and falsely claimed that Modi is to stay in Paris. During a taxi was taken “nearby” in a taxi. The original picture showed Modi out of a car in Vatican City, where he met Pope Francis in October 2021.
“O French people, don’t insult our world Leader A lot, you should not have taken him to a taxi, “reads a Hindi-language X post shared on February 12, 2025.
The post included an image of Modi who stepped out of a car, which was seen under the license plate,
“He takes the world leader to a taxi”, reads the suit text on the image.
Screenshot of False X Post, captured on February 12, 2025
The post came up in the backdrop of co-hosting of the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on 10 February, which is aimed at doing ground work to control the newborn region, because global powers are leading in the technology to grow rapidly To play the role ((stored link).
The converted image was shared with similar claims on Facebook and X.
Users’ comments suggested that they believe in claims.
A user commented, “The kind of respect he commands, we should thank Macron not to reach a two-wheeler.”
“Good that they know her real value,” written another.
But the original image showed Modi’s 2021 Vatican visit and has been digitally replaced to connect the logo and name of the Italian taxi-service provider app.
A combination of reverse image and keyword discoveries on Google found a long video published on the AFP’s verified YouTube account on 30 October 2021 (stored link).
The caption of the video says, “Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis. AFP.”
The car from which Modi is connected to Modi has no signage to show the name and logo of the taxi service app.
Screenshot compared the image shared in false post (left) and AFP video (right)
A similar image was also posted on X on 30 October 2021 (stored link) by Indian media outlet Annie.
A part of the caption was read: “PM Modi had a very hot meeting with Pope Francis in Vatican. The meeting was scheduled for only 20 minutes, but went for an hour.”
The Indian Prime Minister reached Italy to attend the G20 summit held on October 29, 2021 between 30 and 31 October (Stored linkHe met Pope Francis on 30 October.
The AFP first gave false notice about Modi’s co-host of the AI Global Summit with Macron.
