False: This video shows GTA 5 gameplay, not a Brazilian plane crash
Distinguishing real videos from gameplay footage is becoming increasingly challenging. Annie Lab explains what to look for in this article.
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@HKU School of Future Media
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Investigation: Is US close to losing its voting rights at the UN?
Despite claims made by a prominent commentator in Hong Kong, our analysis indicates that the U.S. remains compliant with Article 19 of the U.N. Charter; it has reduced its arrears significantly since 2019.
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False: This manipulated video does not show New Year firework drone show in China
It was made with a video editing application. The location, the Bund in Shanghai, had no celebration event this year.
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分析：网传内地香港工资差距夸张失实 错误理解最低工资细节
中国大陆的社交媒体上广为流传一种说法，称在香港即使从事洗碗工一类的基层工作，也能获得高额工资。这种说法在中文社交媒体平台被过分夸大，流传的工资数额也时有不实。
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False: Chinese subtitles of Putin’s speech threatening Japan are fabricated
One video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin talking about historical memory with World War II veterans in January 2023. Another clip shows him giving a speech following a terrorist attack in Moscow in March 2024.
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Misleading: Military truck video is old, unrelated to recent China-India border agreement
The video is at least one year old. It shows vehicles moving toward Tibet, not withdrawing from India to China, on the Sichuan-Tibet National Highway 318.
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Misleading: Video showing blood cleanup is not related to Zhuhai car attack
The video shows the aftermath of a traffic accident in Wuhan, in China’s Hebei province, days before the deadly car attack in November.
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False: Chinese observatory has not captured neutrinos, or ‘ghost particles’
The observatory’s core construction was completed a month after the claim circulated online. It will begin operation in 2025. Physicists say there is no proof that neutrinos can travel faster than light.
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Misleading: Video shows burning diesel car in India, not EV in China
The Oct. 12 incident in Jaipur was widely reported in India. The driver told the media that the diesel car’s handbrake did not work.
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Analysis: Hong Kong – China wage gap is not as wide as netizens often suggest
The common perception that even low-paying jobs in Hong Kong, such as dishwashing, offer high salaries is largely overstated on Chinese platforms, and sometimes those figures are utterly wrong.
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