A series of misleading claims about recent natural disasters in China
Annie Lab found inaccurate news reports, irrelevant images, and a manipulated video about flooding and landslides in China
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Author: Wulfric Zhang
Misleading: These Weibo GIFs do not show Russia dropping a ‘small nuclear bomb’
A Chinese blogger posted images that have nothing to do with the Russian attack on Bakhmut, Ukraine. Annie Lab found no evidence of FAB-3000 dropped on the city.
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Explainer: China’s new law does not make everyone above 18 a military reserve
Annie Lab looks into the recruitment scope of China’s new reservist law that came into effect in March 2023.
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誤導：網傳武漢醫保抗議影片 實為河南元宵煙花晚會民眾聚集
Annie Lab 發現一名微信用戶於河南省洛陽市偃師區拍下涉事片段。據拍攝者所述，片段中大量民眾聚集在有利位置以觀看元宵節煙花表演，與武漢醫保改革示威遊行無關。
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Misleading: Fireworks spectators’ video falsely linked to Wuhan protest and Turkey earthquake
Annie Lab sourced the original video to a WeChat user and geolocated it at Yanshi district, of Henan province’s Luoyang city. The crowds that spilled into traffic were actually gathering for a Lantern Festival public fireworks show, according to the WeChat user.
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