Misleading: Video shows crowd chanting Bulgarian word for ‘book,’ not racial slur
Controversial American streamer Speed asked his fans how to say “book” in Bulgarian, which sounds like the N-word.
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Investigation: Misleading claims about property takeover in US spread on Chinese internet
Expert said the law regarding adverse possession in the U.S. is complicated and vary between states but no state grants an ownership after 30 days of illegal occupation.
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Misleading: VR-controlled restocking robot video was shot in Japan, not in Canada or Philippines
The four-year-old clip shows a robot in a convenience store in Tokyo controlled by a person sitting in an office 7.4 km away from the store.
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Misleading: Video shows England fans in 2018, not Canadians watching 2024 Copa América
A video of tens of thousands of football fans celebrating a win was taken in London, not Vancouver. In the clip, the crowd is watching an England game during the 2018 World Cup.
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误导：视频显示巴基斯坦网红迪拜旅游披上头巾 非加沙女子加入战斗
误导视频还挪用其他片段，当中的女子分别为马来西亚女骑手和约旦河西岸一所大学毕业典礼上的女学生。
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False: Video of former Indonesian minister promoting health product is manipulated
The former health minister, Terawan Agus Putranto, said nothing about the health product in the original speech seen on a TV news report in 2019.
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Misleading: Video of Scotland football fan hit by motorcycle taken in 2021, not during Euro 2024
A video of a man hit by a motorcycle has circulated since at least 2021, when England hosted Euro 2020. It has nothing to do with Euro 2024, which is being held in Germany.
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Misleading: Video shows Pakistani influencer wearing keffiyeh, not Palestinian fighter in Gaza
Other clips included in misleading videos show women horse riders in Malaysia and female university students attending a 2019 graduation ceremony in the West Bank.
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Misleading: Over 40,000 gun deaths in US last year include suicides, not just homicides
Record shows tens of thousands of lives are taken by firearms every year in the U.S. with suicide consistently making up the majority of gun-related deaths.
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Misleading: This repeatedly debunked, old photo doesn’t show an orphan in Gaza
This well-known photo was an artistic project by a photographer from Saudi Arabia in 2014. It has nothing to do with any international conflict.
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