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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@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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虛假：網傳英國六成新冠住院患者已打針致病情嚴重 實引用錯誤數據
英國政府首席科學顧問在記者會上錯誤引述疫情數據的片段和相關評論，被上載到Twitter一個時評帳戶。但其實該名科學顧問早已就口誤澄清，而相關不實陳述亦早被多個事實查核組織破解。
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False: 60 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the UK did not develop serious or critical conditions ‘due to vaccination’
The Chinese tweet with the false claim was posted after the British expert corrected his misspoken statistics. Similar claims in English were also debunked by fact-checking organizations before the post was made.
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虛假：水災現鯨魚鱷魚網圖實非鄭州 部分經後製
帖文圖片分別攝於墨西哥、俄羅斯和菲律賓。鯨魚躍出水面的組圖來自一個視覺效果作品；另外一幅鱷魚在積水中出沒的圖片，亦是網民後製而成。
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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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誤導：港大民主牆抗議字句照片為舊圖 與學生會哀悼爭議無關
這張在Facebook和微博流傳的圖片，實由兩張數年前的舊新聞照片合拼而成，和港大學生會近日事件無關。
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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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Misleading: This video of Hong Kong kindergarteners conducting Chinese flag-raising ceremony was filmed years ago
Online posts claimed the Chinese Communist Party started “brainwashing” kids in Hong Kong recently, backed with a video of kindergarten pupils in a flag-raising ceremony. However, it was produced in 2015, according to a media interview with the kindergarten principal.
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