Analysis: Social media posts about Afghanistan — From False to Verified
In this article, Annie Lab delves into three unverified social media content about Afghanistan in turmoil
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annie lab
@HKU School of Future Media
Author: Audrey Ng, Justin Cheung 張晉庭 and Jasmine Cheung 張芯瑜
False: Photo of woman “leading a luxurious life in Afghanistan under US control” is old, showing a Pakistani businesswoman in Lahore
The woman is a Pakistani female entrepreneur, Aleena Raza. The photo was taken in 2014 in Lahore, Pakistan.
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False: Olympics medal table with China on top is neither official nor authentic
Misleading medal tables that show China with the most number of golds are doctored images.
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False: German scientist did not say vaccination caused the delta variant in a recent conference
Karl Lauterbach, a German epidemiologist and also a politician, did not make any statement that links inoculation to the origins of the delta variant in a COVID-19 conference on June 21.
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False: A whale and crocodiles in floodwaters digitally added; images not taken in China, either
The photos and videos of flooded cities were taken in Mexico and Russia. The animals added in post-production are old images.
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Misleading: Photos of HKU bulletin board with slogans of dissent were shot in 2016 and 2018, not after student body’s recent apology over controversial motion
The misleading Facebook and Weibo posts featured a collage of two old news photos taken from local news media outlets.
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