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Video of candlelight vigil in Bangladesh falsely linked to protests for murdered Indian doctor
Footage of crowds at a candlelight vigil in Bangladesh has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it showed protests in India…
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Posts falsely link decade-old super storm photos to Typhoon Yagi in 2024
Screenshot taken on September 10, 2024 of the false post The photos surfaced on the same day Typhoon Yagi slammed into Vietnam after…
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Rehashed claim falsely accuses Nigerian man of smuggling explosives into South Africa
A screenshot of the false post, taken on September 5, 2024 SAPS is the acronym for the South African Police Service, and Beitbridge is a…
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Brawl in Somaliland’s parliament falsely linked to fallout over weapons sent to Somalia by Egypt
Screenshot of the false post, taken on September 4, 2024 The post contains a 56-second video showing heated scenes between delegates…
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Social media posts falsely claim Indian opposition leader says party will 'redistribute Hindu money'
Remarks by the head of India's opposition Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge have been taken out of context on social media to falsely…
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Angola dog-meat bust pictures falsely linked to anti-immigrant rhetoric in South Africa
A blurred screenshot of the false X post, taken on September 4, 2024 The post had amassed hundreds of likes before the X account was…
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Video of Pakistan policemen's funeral falsely linked to Balochistan attacks
A video showing rows of coffins racked up thousands of views in X posts that falsely claimed it showed last rites for "130 soldiers" who…
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Image of Chinese viaduct falsely circulates in Kenya as accident ‘black spot’
A screenshot of the false post, taken on September 4, 2024 A “black spot” refers to a notoriously dangerous section of road. The following…
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Christmas mass celebration footage falsely linked to Pope's Indonesia trip
A video from 2023 showing a nighttime mass to celebrate Christmas in Indonesia's capital Jakarta has resurfaced in social media posts that…
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Photo of Malaysian navy vessel sinking falsely linked to conflict in western Myanmar
Screenshot taken on September 3, 2024 of the false post The junta's brutal crackdown on anti-coup protesters has forced thousands of youth…
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Old photo of submerged India temple falsely linked to 2024 Bangladesh floods
Screenshot of the false post taken on August 25, 2024 The post surfaced as Bangladesh grappled with severe floods that have killed at…
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Video of Gaza child falsely linked to Bangladesh unrest
Screenshot of the false post The video circulated online after India's Hindu-nationalist government sounded alarm over reports of attacks…
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Old photos of floating house in Malaysia falsely linked to Thai floods
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken August 27, 2024 Similar Facebook posts linked the photos to the floods in northern Thailand…
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Old simulation video falsely shared as Japan earthquake in August 2024
Old footage from the Japanese government in 2016 simulating the potential effects of a powerful earthquake has been misrepresented online…
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Posts falsely depict old Japan quake photos as aftermath of August 2024 jolt
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken August 21, 2024 The post racked up more than 680 shares. Other Facebook pages such as here,…
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Spanish bull festival celebration falsely shared as 'protest against Gaza situation'
A video of a crowd celebrating the opening of Spain's famous bullfighting spectacle has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in…
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Old photo of monk serving Muslims food falsely linked to 2024 Bangladesh unrest
An old image of a monk serving food to Muslims has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it shows a Hindu priest who was…
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Old photo of Zelensky visiting eastern Ukraine falsely linked to Kyiv's offensive in Russia
Screenshot of the false X post, taken on August 14, 2024 The post emerged after Ukraine deployed thousands of troops in a major incursion…
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Posts falsely claim Alberta wildfires stop at national park
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken August 13, 2024 In 2023, social media users repeatedly claimed arsonists set Canada's record-breaking…
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Month-old timelapse video falsely linked to 'flooding in southern India'
Screenshot of the false X post, captured on August 8, 2024 The clip was shared after at least 108 people were killed after landslides…
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Post falsely claims to show protests over cost of living in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has recently embarked on significant macroeconomic reform that includes market-based foreign exchange trading, in a departure…
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Old report falsely shared as Indonesia plan to 'scrap cheap petrol'
Indonesia's state-owned oil company said on August 1 it had not received orders to stop selling a cheap brand of petrol, contrary to…
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Video of factory fire in Taiwan falsely shared as junta bombing in Myanmar border town
A video of a factory fire in southern Taiwan has surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to recent fighting between the…
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Old photo of mock coffins in Karachi falsely linked to Pakistan tribal feud
An old photo of mock coffins carried by Shiite Muslims as part of a religious procession has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely…