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Special Report 

Special report: Narratives that drive climate misinformation in China

30 May 202330 May 2023 24 min read

Fat-shaming, memories of dynasties, and green technology conspiracy: in this special report, Annie Lab examines misleading claims about climate change in China.

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Special Report 

特別報告: 解構推動中國氣候虛假信息的敘述

30 May 20235 June 2023 2 min read

網攻通貝里、國家復興和綠色技術陰謀論: 是次特別報告中,Annie Lab 剖析了中國氣候變化背後的虛假信息敘述和生態。

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Special Report 

特别报告: 解构推动中国气候虚假信息的叙述

30 May 20235 June 2023 2 min read

网攻通贝里、国家复兴和绿色技术阴谋论:是次特别报告中,Annie Lab 剖析了中国气候变化背后的虚假信息叙述和生态。

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誤導 中文 

误导:网传中国公厕有人看管的照片为旧图 与近期公厕抗议字句无关

21 December 2022 0 min read

该图片在网上至少有12年的历史,并非近日拍下,也与近期中国公共厕所出现的反政府言论无关。

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Misleading 

Misleading: This photo has nothing to do with protest messages in China’s public bathrooms

17 November 202221 December 2022 3 min read

This image is at least 12 years old. It has nothing to do with recent anti-Chinese government messages found in public restrooms.

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誤導 中文 

誤導:佩洛西訪台及環台軍演後 中國並未更新國家地圖

23 August 2022 0 min read

中國官方地圖當前的版本在佩洛西訪台和環台軍演前已沿用多時,把一些有主權爭議地區納入中國版圖。而地圖上的「十段線」亦沿用已久。

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Misleading 

Misleading: China did not update the national map after Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

17 August 202224 August 2022 2 min read

Some internet users say China published a new map to include many disputed areas and Taiwan, but the map in question is not new. The so-called “10-dash line” has been around for decades.

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Misleading 

Misleading: Apple and Google Maps have been calling Taiwan a “province” for years, not just after Pelosi’s visit

16 August 2022 1 min read

The controversy surrounding Taiwan’s status on the two maps goes back for more than a decade.

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虛假 中文 

虛假:港大學生會遷出會址時沒破壞校園或堵塞通道

4 August 2021 0 min read

聲稱港大學生會破壞校園的帖文,實則錯誤引用兩張2019年反修例運動期間的照片。

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Feature Image
False 

False: No office property damaged or street blocked during the eviction of Hong Kong University Students’ Union

22 July 20214 August 2021 3 min read

The false claim also featured two old photos taken in 2019 at the height of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement.

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虛假 中文 

虛假:港大學生會大樓未被拆除

20 July 202120 July 2021 0 min read

香港大學沒有公布收回學生會大樓後的安排,目前學生仍能自由進出及使用大樓。

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False 

False: The Hong Kong University Students’ Union Building has not been demolished

19 July 202120 July 2021 2 min read

The building is still standing on campus and can be freely entered. No plan was announced to knock it down after the Union moves out of the building.

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False 

False: This simulation video does not show Japan’s treated water from Fukushima ‘polluting half of the Pacific ocean in 57 days’

25 May 202125 May 2021 3 min read

The video is nine years old and has nothing to do with Japan’s plan. The clip has also been cropped to make the covered area in the ocean appear bigger than in the original video. The speed of spreading is accelerated.

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False 

False: This video does not show mail-in votes for Trump being dumped into a landfill

6 November 202013 May 2022 4 min read

This video was first posted in 2016. It shows packs of expired chicken being thrown out.

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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 202016 April 2021 4 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 202016 April 2021 2 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 202016 April 2021 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 202013 May 2022 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 202016 June 2022 2 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 202016 April 2021 2 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 202016 April 2021 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 202013 May 2022 6 min read

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

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