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Author: Cheryl Ho

False 

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.

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False 

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

19 October 202122 October 2021 3 min read

The 26-year-old man was pushed from the sixth floor on Aug. 15, 2021.

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COVID-19 Fact check Verified 

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

11 October 20215 November 2021 3 min read

The viral video shows people dancing to club music on the streets who were protesting against the social distancing restrictions and nightlife ban on Sept. 11.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: Popular freedom of speech quote in China and Hong Kong is not from Plato

28 May 202022 October 2021 5 min read

The passage was likely to be taken from an essay by Zhang Xuezhong, an outspoken Chinese scholar critical of the government.

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COVID-19 Investigation 

Investigation of conspiracy narratives: Virus mutations and the US origin of COVID-19

18 May 202025 March 2022 7 min read

Research on virus mutations has been misinterpreted while conspiracies and propaganda spread in China.

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False 

FALSE: This video does not show a fake, man-made egg

3 March 202022 October 2021 3 min read

These components are all natural constituents of an egg.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: These charts about COVID-19 contain inaccurate medical information

21 February 202022 October 2021 5 min read

Self-diagnosis based on these charts could be harmful.

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