Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-07 16:09:06 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1E592A59FFADAAE9B639BF9B9B5486C0AFD68D57793FCC4C20090373B972F53D
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This image claiming to show the models in the "distracted boyfriend" meme posing in the same positions ten years later has been debunked as fake. An article going into detail about this can be seen below: https://www.latestly.com/social-viral/fact-check/actual-people-from-that-meme-10-years-on-fake-claim-of-trio-recreating-the-iconic-distracted-boyfriend-photo-goes-viral-heres-the-truth-2369523.html The original images were taken in 2015 and are not ten years old yet.
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