Train on poorly maintained tracks: the viral video that turns out to be a hoax

A video is circulating on social media showing a train traveling on tracks in terrible condition, and several users have linked it to the railway crisis the country is experiencing these days. The Newtral team has debunked the video, demonstrating that it is another intentional hoax aimed at increasing collective alarm.

Upon analyzing the video, it was confirmed that the images were not recorded in Spain and show signs of digital manipulation, such as elements generated by artificial intelligence. Furthermore, they identified that the video had already been published previously in other countries, which confirms that it does not depict any real Spanish railway infrastructure.

It was discovered that the video had already been published on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, but from countries such as Bangladesh and Kenya, where there are no high-speed trains, thus confirming that the images do not correspond to any railway infrastructure in Spain.

The authorship is not explicit in the video, but it has been users themselves who have shared the video, who have tagged the location without any context. The video features comments such as "Spain is in a third-world abandonment," very similar to the messages published by Vito Quiles when complaining about the high-speed rail service between Madrid and Andalusia being cut after the Ademuz tragedy, adding that "we live in the third world." 

Journalistic verification is crucial for correctly contextualizing a video, image, or piece of information and differentiating between information and a weapon used to incite hatred for economic gain.