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Author: Christina Chan

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False: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was not prosecuted for bribery related to the US election

27 November 202016 February 2021 Christina Chan Center for Tech and Civic Life, Centre County, Delaware County, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Middle District of Pennsylvania District Court, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania Voters Alliance, the City of Philadelphia 3 min read

Mark Zuckerberg did donate a total of $400 million to Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), but he was not prosecuted for any offense.

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False: This video does not show Uyghur children “being sold” by Chinese traffickers

6 November 202016 February 2021 Katherine Cheng human trafficking, Uyghur, Xinjiang 3 min read

This video has been manipulated. The audio is a truncated version of a Douyin video featuring two men bargaining over products being sold on the street, which has been added to an unrelated video of a young child model.

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False: Hospital Authority did not allocate HK$3 billion to subsidize the medical fees of Hong Kongers living in Guangdong

5 October 202016 February 2021 Jerome Lizambard budget, COVID-19, Guangdong, HA chief executive Tony Ko Pat-sing, Hospital Authority, LegCo 1 min read

The proposed amount is $103 million. It is for the Food and Health Bureau, not Hospital Authority.

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