The task addresses the problem of the appearance and propagation of posts that share misleading multimedia content (images or video). In the context of the task, different types of misleading use are considered:

1. Reposting of real multimedia, such as real photos from the past re-posted as being associated to a current event,
2. Digitally manipulated multimedia,
3. Synthetic multimedia, such as artworks or snapshots presented as real imagery.

Source: http://www.multimediaeval.org/mediaeval2016/verifyingmultimediause/