WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Spanish politicians have been arrested for corruption by the army.
OUR VERDICT
False. The video being shared has been created using artificial intelligence.
AAP FACTCHECK - A video does not show Spanish soldiers storming the country's congress and arresting politicians for corruption, despite claims on social media.
The video has been generated using artificial intelligence and there are no media reports of any such event.
A Facebook video shows a group of armed men bursting into a large parliamentary-style chamber and pointing weapons at men in suits, with several people shouting in Spanish.
The caption claims the video shows politicians being arrested in Spain's lower house, the Congress of Deputies.
"CIVIL GUARD AND THE SPANISH ARMY HAVE JUST STORMED THE CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES AND ARRESTED CORRUPT LAWMAKERS".
Another social media user has included the caption: "TIME FOR THE UK and Australia TO FOLLOW SUIT...."
However, a reverse image search reveals that an earlier version of the video posted on TikTok features the watermark of OpenAI's video generator Sora 2.
As explained on the OpenAI website, all videos carry a moving watermark.
The emojis have been placed over the Sora 2 watermarks in the Facebook versions of the video.
The earlier TikTok post's caption, in Spanish, claims that the video relates to events in Peru.
"COURAGE AND HONOR!!! #worthy the armed forces that represent their people #what is needed in Peru to end the Fujimori-Montesinista dictatorship... currently in the Congress of the Republic," the caption reads when translated to English.
The building interior shown in the video does not resemble images of the Spanish Congress of Deputies on Getty Images.
The soldiers' uniforms in the video do not appear to match those of Spain's Civil Guard (or Guardia Civil), including the unit's distinctive yellow logo featuring a sword, a crown and a bundle of rods with an axe.
The building in the video does not resemble Peru's Congress, seen in Reuters photos and Alamy stock images, either.
The video shows many signs of being AI-generated, such as a blurry resolution to hide details, and towards the end of the clip, a man in a suit and an armed man appear to blend together.
At the start of the TikTok version of the video, the upper balcony appears to 'flow' around the room in a strange way, with a peculiar, scribbly effect visible on the balcony stairs.
There have been no credible media reports of any recent arrests by the army in Spain or Peru's congresses.
Sora 2 has been criticised by The Guardian, Time magazine and The New York Times as being likely to lead to more 'AI slop' and misinformation.
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