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COVID-19 虛假 中文 

虛假:用鹽水漱口或喝普洱無助對抗新型肺炎

31 July 202018 February 2021 Annie Lab Team 鹽水, 新型肺炎, 新型冠狀病毒, 中文, 事實查核 0 min read

多個事實查核組織已證實有關說法並不屬實;專家亦指目前未有已知有效物質能殺死體內的新型冠狀病毒。

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誤導 中文 

誤導:香港記者「遇害」照片為藝術作品,並非經策劃的假新聞

24 June 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team 記者, surrealhk, 假新聞, 中文, 事實查核 0 min read

網民拍攝到有人懷疑製造記者「遇害」假新聞的經過,但實際上是本地視覺藝術家正在製作攝影作品。

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誤導 中文 

误导: 美国枪店抢劫视频与乔治·弗洛伊德之死的抗议活动无关

18 June 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team 美国, 误导, 帝吧, 弗洛伊德, 中文 0 min read

实际上、这段录像记录的休斯顿抢劫案在四年多前的2016年3月1日发生。

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COVID-19 False 

False: This video does not show a WHO official touching a female conference attendee in China

11 March 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team China, Covid 19, Fact Checking, featured, In English, World Health Organization 1 min read

The man is a Nobel Prize laureate in physics, attending a conference with his significant other who was having a sore back.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This map does not show 5 million Wuhan residents flying out before the lockdown

14 February 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team Coronaviruses, COVID-19, Fact Checking, Fake News, featured, Wuhan 1 min read

The map is merely “an illustrative picture of the global air network” that shows international flight connections.

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False 

False: This video does not show a family killed by the coronavirus amid China’s multi-city lockdown

13 February 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team China, Coronaviruses, Fact Checking, Fake News, Wuhan 1 min read

The family was reported to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Dec 2019.

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False 

False: This video does not prove PLA is forcing Uyghur families to live with Chinese men

16 January 202019 February 2021 Annie Lab Team China, Fact Checking, featured, Pla, Uyghur, Xinjiang 2 min read

The claim is unfounded. The man in the video is a vlogger from Hunan province working in Xinjiang.

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In-depth Investigation 

Investigation: Video of young men allegedly using illicit drugs has no connection to protests

15 January 202020 February 2021 Annie Lab Team Fact Checking, featured, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Protests 2019, Hongkongprotests 5 min read

Claims that the video was filmed in a university toilet are false

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