India, Oct. 20 -- US broadcasting giant MSNBC has come under fire over a video it aired, purportedly showing the turnout at the 'No Kings' protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, October 18. The video shows a massive gathering at Boston Common - a city park on Tremont Street, supposedly of the gathering there on Saturday.

However, Grok, the AI chatbot of the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, carried out a fact-check on the video, saying that it is from a 2017 rally in Boston and not from Saturday. The fact-check, along with the video, was widely shared on social media, particularly by right-wing influencers.

However, Grok's claim was fact-checked by BBC Verify journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh who confirmed that the video air...