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虛假：男子拳打香蕉樹、被大浪沖走片段去年攝於印尼與湯加海嘯無關

虛假：男子拳打香蕉樹、被大浪沖走片段去年攝於印尼與湯加海嘯無關

26 January 202226 January 2022 0 min read

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False: Man punching a banana tree before being struck by waves was filmed in Indonesia last year, not Tonga in 2022

False: Man punching a banana tree before being struck by waves was filmed in Indonesia last year, not Tonga in 2022

18 January 202226 January 2022 3 min read

The video was posted in December 2021 and shows the tidal bore in Kampar river in Indonesia.

COVID-19 False In-depth Investigation

False: COVID-19 vaccines did not kill 29,939 people in Europe

7 January 20227 January 2022 5 min read

Investigation: Misleading blog in Germany fuels global climate change misinformation

5 January 2022 12 min read

False: This video does not show China using livestock transport trucks to move people to quarantine

False: This video does not show China using livestock transport trucks to move people to quarantine

23 November 2021 3 min read

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Analysis COVID-19 In-depth

Analysis: This quote does not indicate US authorities have not evaluated vaccine’s long-term effects on kids before approval

15 November 2021 7 min read

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虚假：”共产党抗击了99%侵华日军”报章标题属篡改

19 October 2021 0 min read

《南国早报》原标题使用的数字是60%。

誤導：網傳阿富汗人擠登機梯逃難實為創作短片截圖與喀布爾無關

誤導：網傳阿富汗人擠登機梯逃難實為創作短片截圖與喀布爾無關

19 August 2021 0 min read

虛假：網傳英國六成新冠住院患者已打針致病情嚴重實引用錯誤數據

COVID-19 虛假中文

虛假：網傳英國六成新冠住院患者已打針致病情嚴重實引用錯誤數據

17 August 202117 August 2021 0 min read

虛假：奧運獎牌榜中國42金登頂截圖實遭篡改

虛假：奧運獎牌榜中國42金登頂截圖實遭篡改

13 August 202116 August 2021 0 min read

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False: This video does not show Hong Kongers singing a patriotic song in a mall on National Day

False: This video does not show Hong Kongers singing a patriotic song in a mall on National Day

12 November 202117 November 2021 2 min read

A different audio track was added to old footage taken during the 2019 Hong Kong protest.

COVID-19 Fact check Misleading

Misleading: This discussion on ‘China’s plot to weaken US troops with vaccines’ is not organized by the Communist Party but by US website

8 November 202115 November 2021 3 min read

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Fact check False

False: Image of white man with ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag standing on the back of two Black people is digitally manipulated

8 November 2021 3 min read

False: This video does not show Chinese police ‘kidnapping’ a Uyghur girl in Xinjiang

Fact check False

False: This video does not show Chinese police ‘kidnapping’ a Uyghur girl in Xinjiang

8 November 20218 November 2021 4 min read

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Analysis: Social media posts about Afghanistan — From False to Verified

Analysis False In-depth Misleading Verified

Analysis: Social media posts about Afghanistan — From False to Verified

25 August 202126 August 2021 7 min read

In this article, Annie Lab delves into three unverified social media content about Afghanistan in turmoil

Investigation: A group of doctors spreading misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 False Investigation

Investigation: A group of doctors spreading misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines

5 August 20216 August 2021 4 min read

Annie Lab looks into an anti-vaccine group that has frequently disseminated misinformation about COVID-19 since February.

Explainer: Enlarged lymph nodes are a known temporary reaction to COVID-19 vaccines, not a sign of breast cancer

COVID-19 Explainer

Explainer: Enlarged lymph nodes are a known temporary reaction to COVID-19 vaccines, not a sign of breast cancer

28 July 202128 July 2021 4 min read

Various social media posts claim that COVID-19 vaccination “may result in symptoms of breast cancer,” implying that it could cause breast cancer. Experts say while the inoculation may cause lymph node enlargement, it is a known reaction and will subside in weeks.

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Just in case: ‘Vaccination robot’ in this video is 3D computer graphics :)

COVID-19 Fact check Just in case

Just in case: ‘Vaccination robot’ in this video is 3D computer graphics :)

4 November 20215 November 2021 2 min read

False: This video does not show a man vandalizing ‘vaccine passport verification’ machines

COVID-19 Fact check False

False: This video does not show a man vandalizing ‘vaccine passport verification’ machines

15 October 202120 October 2021 3 min read

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False: This vulgar message targeting Biden in US stadium is digitally altered

False: This vulgar message targeting Biden in US stadium is digitally altered

False: ‘Falling dust,’ mobile phones and haircut do not prove Chinese astronauts are not in space

Fact check False

False: ‘Falling dust,’ mobile phones and haircut do not prove Chinese astronauts are not in space

Screenshot of the tweet and the manipulated image

Fact check False

False: Image of US Army general receiving a Huawei phone from a Chinese general is manipulated

False: This video does not show ‘disguised suicide’ in China; it shows a man falling off a building in Russia

False: This video does not show ‘disguised suicide’ in China; it shows a man falling off a building in Russia

False: China’s double-dose COVID-19 vaccine vial is neither ‘fake’ nor ‘of different grade’

False: China’s double-dose COVID-19 vaccine vial is neither ‘fake’ nor ‘of different grade’

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COVID-19 Fact check Verified

Verified: This video shows protestors dancing at an anti-COVID restrictions demonstration in Netherlands

Screenshot of a tweet claiming 'the White House turned red this mornign for unknown reasons" with a "misleading" label on top of it.

Fact check Misleading

Misleading: White House was not illuminated in red for China’s National Day or QAnon’s ‘Red October’

False: This photo does not show ‘Australian protester’ with rubber bullet wounds; it shows a man in Argentina in 2015

False: This photo does not show ‘Australian protester’ with rubber bullet wounds; it shows a man in Argentina in 2015

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False: This headline has been altered. China did not claim the Communist Party fought against ‘99%’ of the invading Japanese army

False: Photo of woman “leading a luxurious life in Afghanistan under US control” is old, showing a Pakistani businesswoman in Lahore

False: Photo of woman “leading a luxurious life in Afghanistan under US control” is old, showing a Pakistani businesswoman in Lahore

People on a passenger boarding stairs which is not attached to a plane

Misleading: This photo does not show Afghans waiting for a plane in Kabul

No evidence for ‘autoimmune diseases caused by COVID-19 vaccination’

COVID-19 No evidence

No evidence for ‘autoimmune diseases caused by COVID-19 vaccination’

False: 60 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the UK did not develop serious or critical conditions ‘due to vaccination’

False: 60 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the UK did not develop serious or critical conditions ‘due to vaccination’

False: Olympics medal table with China on top is neither official nor authentic; images have been doctored

False: Olympics medal table with China on top is neither official nor authentic; images have been doctored

虛假：水災現鯨魚鱷魚網圖實非鄭州部分經後製

虛假：水災現鯨魚鱷魚網圖實非鄭州部分經後製

虛假：新冠疫苗不會令人體有磁性

COVID-19 虛假中文

虛假：新冠疫苗不會令人體有磁性

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