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Author: Ananta Agarwal

虛假 中文 

虛假:通貝里面部圓潤疑似長胖的圖片 實經人為篡改

22 April 202126 April 2021 1 min read

多個社交媒體的帖文暗指瑞典「環保少女」通貝里體重上升,但有關圖片曾被篡改,令她的臉和下巴看起來較真實照片圓潤。

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False 

False: Images of Greta Thunberg’s ‘weight gain’ are digitally manipulated

21 April 202119 October 2021 3 min read

Multiple social media posts imply Swedish climate activist Thunberg has gained weight. However, they are digitally manipulated. Her face appears much smaller in the original photos.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China

12 April 202116 April 2021 2 min read

A tweet suggested the U.S. President Joe Biden has created what looks like “concentration camps” at the U.S.-Mexican border but the embedded video clip actually shows a COVID-19 quarantine site in Yunnan province, China.

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COVID-19 Explainer In-depth 

Explainer: COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

12 April 20216 July 2021 14 min read

As the vaccine rollout gathers momentum, confusion and misleading claims about the effectiveness, side effects and safety of different vaccines continue to abound.

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COVID-19 No evidence 

No evidence: There is no proof that ivermectin prevents or cures COVID-19

15 March 202116 April 2021 4 min read

Peer-reviewed studies on ivermectin and the expert interviewed by Annie Lab indicate such claims have no scientific ground.

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