Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a digitally changing image when he co-hosted the global AI summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on February 10 , falsely claimed that during his stay in Paris, he was “ride” Modi in a taxi. Original images show Modi walking out of a car in Vatican City, where he met Pope Francis in October 2021.
“Hey French, don't insult our world This is the leader You shouldn't be riding him in a taxi.
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“They ride in a taxi as the world leader”, superimposing text on the image.
Screenshot of False X Post, captured on February 12, 2025
The post surfaced against the backdrop of Modi and co-chaired the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on February 10, the Post aims to reign in the new generation. The sector lays the foundations as the global power competition plays a leading role in the rapidly evolving technology (archive link).
The changed images are shared with similar propositions from Facebook and elsewhere on X.
User comments suggest they believe this claim.
One user commented: “His respect, we must thank Macron for not throwing it on the two-wheeler.”
Another wrote: “They know his true value.”
But the original image shows Modi's 2021 Vatican visit and has been digitally changed to add the logo and name of the Italian taxi service provider app.
A combination of reverse image and keyword search on Google found longer videos (archive links) posted on an AFP-verified YouTube account on October 30, 2021.
The video title says: “Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the Vatican to face the French Pope | French New Zealand society.”
Cars getting off from Modi have no sign showing the name and logo of the taxi service app.
Screenshot Comparing shared images in error posts (left) and AFP videos (right)
Indian media ANI also released similar images on October 30, 2021 (archive link).
Part of the title reads: “Prime Minister Modi held a very enthusiastic meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican. The meeting was planned for only 20 minutes, but lasted for an hour.”
The Prime Minister of India arrived in Italy on October 29, 2021 to attend the G20 summit held from October 30 to 31 (Archive link). He met Pope Francis on October 30.
AFP previously debunked misinformation about Modi co-hosting the AI Global Summit with Macron here.
