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Video shows hospital in Lebanon, not hostel struck in Air India crash
Days after an Air India passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff into a residential area of Ahmedabad, a compilation circulated in…
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19 People Stranded in Cars amid Heavy Snowfall Rescued in 'Treacherous' Conditions: Reports
NEED TO KNOW More than 20 people became stranded in their vehicles during a heavy snowstorm near Mount Hotham in Victoria's High Country,…
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Widely shared video claims to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting deserters. Here's what we know
In early June 2025, a video circulated online claiming to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting deserters near the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.…
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Collage of 'Philippine traffic conditions' misuses Vietnam photo
Supporters of President Ferdinand Marcos have misrepresented a photo of a congested road in Vietnam as depicting gridlock in the…
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Old Pakistan airport fire clip misrepresented as recent
Footage of a fire in Pakistan's busy Lahore airport in May 2024 has been falsely shared online as a recent incident allegedly caused by…
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Visuals of Indian opposition leader 'posing with YouTuber detained for spying' are altered
Two images of Rahul Gandhi have circulated in social media posts falsely claiming they are proof that the Indian opposition Congress party…
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Video of Ethiopian mayor admitting she confided in rebel group is fake
Adanech Abiebie, the mayor of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, has been criticised by right organisations for the city’s extensive urban…
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WhatsApp had no plans to vie with Facebook, co-founder says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook…
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Zuckerberg's internal messages revealed in court battle, sparking concerns
Frustration with Facebook is growing online after internal messages from Mark Zuckerberg surfaced in a federal antitrust case. The…
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Video of 2020 Beirut port explosion misrepresented as Huthi missile attack on Israel
Yemen’s Huthi rebels have fired numerous missiles at Israel since the war on Gaza began, and while most have been intercepted, one…
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Clip shows missile-hit building in Lebanon, not Pakistan
Before New Delhi and Islamabad exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested border in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed…
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Deactivating Facebook leads to jump in happiness, major new study finds
Deleting Facebook and Instagram in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election had a noticeable impact on users' mental health, a major new…
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South Korean posts resurface fabricated BBC commentary after Yoon's impeachment
After South Korea's Constitutional Court formally removed former president Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his short-lived imposition of…
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Pictures show Gaza in ruins, not Myanmar quake damage
After a massive earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, social media posts falsely claimed images of a destroyed town showed the tremors'…
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Behind the landmark trial that could reshape Meta's future with Instagram
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Washington this week, testifying in a landmark trial that could force the world’s largest…
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Kymberlee Schopper, 52, Arrested for Shocking Human Remains Sale Operation on Facebook Marketplace
A shocking case has surfaced in Florida, where 52-year-old Kymberlee Anne Schopper of Deltona was arrested for allegedly buying and…
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Old attack footage falsely linked to India Muslim land boards bill
After India's parliament passed a bill to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations, false rumours surfaced online claiming…
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Whistleblower claims Meta helped China develop advanced AI to ‘outcompete American companies’: bombshell testimony
Meta actively helped China in the race to develop artificial intelligence as part of its failed effort to cozy up to Beijing, a former…
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Photos show people meditating, not victims of Myanmar earthquake
Old photos of a meditation exercise in Myanmar surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed they depicted casualties of a magnitude…
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Florida man arrested for Facebook post threatening to kill Trump
A Jupiter, Florida resident who posted on Facebook a threat to kill President Trump was arrested by local police on Friday. Source link
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Old New Zealand photo falsely shared as impact of Myanmar earthquake
A catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar killed more than 2,000, buckled roads and collapsed buildings in the country's largest cities, but a…
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Years-old footage of tragic Pakistan train fire misrepresented as 'deadly fire in February 2025'
An old video of a deadly train fire has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times after it was shared online in false posts claiming it…
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Meta says it plans to build the world's longest undersea internet cable
Facebook’s parent company Meta said it’s working on the world’s longest undersea cable as part of the social media giant’s efforts to…
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Meta opens Facebook Marketplace to rivals in EU antitrust clash
Facebook said that despite the changes, it continues to disagree with the European Commission’s decision last year, which saw Meta…