China’s about-face on forest conservation policy breeds a tirade of misinformation
Annie Lab investigated a series of questionable claims about the so-called “return forests to farmland” policy.
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False: Tea culture event falsely described as ‘enslavement’ of black people in China
The black women seen picking tea leaves in the video are international students attending a tea-harvesting event in Jiangxi province.
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Misleading: This video uses green screen; it does not show ‘Chinese military suits’
A five-year-old “invisibility cloak” video was falsely linked to some “new technologies” developed in China or Japan, but it actually shows a simple chroma key post-production effect.
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An array of misinformation about earthquakes in Turkey
Annie Lab examined some popular social media content posted after the devastating quakes in Turkey and Syria.
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Misleading: South Korean rocket mistaken for UFO in Poland
Misleading social media posts claiming a UFO was spotted and shot down by Polish Air Force came with a video that showed a South Korean rocket test in December 2022.
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