{"id":602482,"date":"2026-08-23T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602482\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:08:08","slug":"viral-cat-in-the-hat-tiktok-trend-sparks-fun-fake-videos-but-also-real-fear-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602482\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral &#039;Cat in the Hat&#039; TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBUUVBQYk5EeGZUZmF1RlpRYXJmZ2hoeENsWEQ0UXRvZUNWQ19FTmJhLVV2MW4zaTJvd194LXRIZ0pJT3NSNGZYM1ZJQm1hc1FCWXo0UVBPQ1VzUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Viral &#8216;Cat in the Hat&#8217; TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQX3BFOWFTWlZoYy0xbGVaRUxxcGFXNXhMbjdiaTRQQTFhMEtZeTJCVWRHaTFVemd5VUZXY25DN2g4VW9QTGFXYy1GNEZTRDE1QjNhMFU2SWY5M1dvUDd2S094R1Zta3lyOUNfS0dHbWRzVC1BYjFWbzA3RWpxcVlPS20wQ2U2MXM3QzRGS1JXZUFYQm1QR2g5N01Nb1h5WS0wX3hmd2xMQXp5X0piOU1oV3d3SkxZTFRWOVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What&#8217;s not enjoyable about the minor panic over a Cat in the Hat prowling the sunny south-east?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQVEs2TC1sY0YzRUdhS1l6bW9rS2lXelFnZ3c3TWd0UXppcnBzUFJhckUtN2MzQzJ1eG1KaF9jNFJmUHVQU1JqV3YydEFXcHRvcU9ucnBVYXVYdEtYLW1haWJabGMzQzRZb1RzdF8yQ2JVa25MX21hWVZ2RmJKNHFZYXJHUHA4SW5QaXJiT0RYYXJjSEhrU0ZV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Cat in the Hat&#8217; trend lands in Donegal with AI warning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Donegal Daily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNdlp2eU5VSXhkRVdJd0V2Z2NlQmJlcTRfYi1SZ3hLUW02TTF0eHF3d1dFZWJFN2ZGdTRNRS12RVQteWhiMUVqRTdnbG1neVlaUTVlVHN3VUZpOVlQSTJvaFRnMlRNT0JlaHhfU3BILXQybGU1bGRaTTFpbzlMbVBHUTZmYzVqUFFvRlJuYng1QnNiMkt6LTU2YjBTM1RIT0FHYXQ2R2ExTUNPUmhMZ1BZcnBvNmpOME8xajhPRFVxd2dyZXZoNE53Xw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wexford Garda\u00ed confirm viral \u2018Cat in the Hat\u2019 sightings are AI-generated<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE1LeWZ6Q3FSZ09yYnVROTZXQ21NcUdkQWotM092a2daNEVuVzY4REFFU2tKV1VrcDFYUDF6T214ZUZpRUNuNUdGai1VbXFVazljX3VLaE9NZDNMNTZWR3ZQRGpVRGttbk9GcnZXTGdNWndETjVBdk1BR0dsejDSAYIBQVVfeXFMT2NDTHlyRGFkRmZ6X216SjJZMm43WV93YmRRd21NNUw3Z1U0Zk9DUzFlQUN5Y2RMOVNzYmtzM21CTVhhRTJMSTI0ZndXa1UxWEtDSTR0YkdpNUsxb1p4bkh4M3I4R01yamIwWDZDaEx6RklLQUpkME1ZSDRpdjFsMWxQUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garda\u00ed dismiss claims Cat in the Hat is terrorising neighbourhoods as AI hoax<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viral &#8216;Cat in the Hat&#8217; TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCWhat&#8217;s not enjoyable about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-602482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}