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The claim is demonstrably false. The photo/video has been doctored. Main debunking is about the claim and/or the authenticity of photo/video.

Claim that Ukrainian President Zelenskky admitted to using cocaine in an interview
Fact check False 

False: Zelenskyy did not say he uses cocaine in this interview

26 April 2022 2 min read

The video was doctored with stitched video frames and spliced audio track. In the original video of the full interview, he said he doesn’t use drugs but he is into coffee and gets his energy from daily exercise.

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claim that ukrainian citizen interrupted news broadcast to protest Zelenskyy is false
Fact check False 

False: Woman protesting against Zelenskyy on Ukrainian TV is a digital mashup

1 April 20227 April 2022 3 min read

The montage mixes a live news broadcast in Ukraine with an unrelated clip using green screen technology, according to the TikTok user who made it.

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Fact check False 

False: Putin was not holding a picture of the late King Bhumibol of Thailand

4 March 20225 March 2022 2 min read

The image is manipulated. The original shows Putin holding his father’s portrait in 2015.

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False 

False: Video of man punching banana tree was filmed in Indonesia last year, not Tonga in 2022

18 January 20225 March 2022 3 min read

The video was posted in December 2021 and shows the tidal bore in Kampar river in Indonesia.

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COVID-19 False In-depth Investigation 

False: COVID-19 vaccines did not kill 29,939 people in Europe

7 January 20222 March 2022 5 min read

There is no established causal relationship between these deaths and vaccination.

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COVID-19 False 

False: This video does not show China using livestock transport trucks to move people to quarantine

23 November 2021 3 min read

The misleading video has been edited. A longer version shows the truck was evacuating people out of flooded roads.

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False 

False: This video does not show Hong Kongers singing a patriotic song in a mall on National Day

12 November 202117 November 2021 2 min read

A different audio track was added to old footage taken during the 2019 Hong Kong protest.

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Screenshot of the Reddit post and the manipulated image
Fact check False 

False: Image of white man with ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag standing on the back of two Black people is digitally manipulated

8 November 2021 3 min read

The “Black Lives Matter” flag is taken from another photo and was added to what appears to be an older tourist image.

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Fact check False 

False: This video does not show Chinese police ‘kidnapping’ a Uyghur girl in Xinjiang

8 November 20218 November 2021 4 min read

It actually shows an officer trying to protect the girl from a bike coming at her. The video was taken in Suining, Sichuan, not in Xinjiang.

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False 

False: This vulgar message targeting Biden in US stadium is digitally altered

3 November 2021 3 min read

The original message reads “Home of the 12th Man” in reference to a Texas A&M tradition.

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Fact check False 

False: ‘Falling dust,’ mobile phones and haircut do not prove Chinese astronauts are not in space

26 October 202126 October 2021 3 min read

An expert said dust particles may appear in space due to ambient air activity. Mobile phones can also work as internet access in space is made possible through satellite communication.

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Screenshot of the tweet and the manipulated image
Fact check False 

False: Image of US Army general receiving a Huawei phone from a Chinese general is manipulated

20 October 20218 November 2021 3 min read

The image is a composite of multiple pictures. Each person, the flags, and the gift box are all taken from different photos.

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False 

False: This video does not show ‘disguised suicide’ in China; it shows a man falling off a building in Russia

19 October 202122 October 2021 3 min read

The 26-year-old man was pushed from the sixth floor on Aug. 15, 2021.

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COVID-19 Fact check False 

False: This video does not show a man vandalizing ‘vaccine passport verification’ machines

15 October 202120 October 2021 3 min read

The video was taken in 2017. It shows an intoxicated man thrashing self check-in machines at the Incheon International Airport, according to a news report.

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COVID-19 False 

False: China’s double-dose COVID-19 vaccine vial is neither ‘fake’ nor ‘of different grade’

11 October 2021 2 min read

The new vaccine package was officially approved by medical authorities, according to a doctor from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention who spoke in a webinar in May.

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COVID-19 False 

False: This photo does not show ‘Australian protester’ with rubber bullet wounds; it shows a man in Argentina in 2015

5 October 20215 October 2021 2 min read

The photo shows a demonstrator in a labor dispute in Buenos Aires on Dec. 22, 2015, according to the Associated Press. It has nothing to do with the anti-vaccine mandate protests in Melbourne in September 2021.

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False 

False: This headline has been altered. China did not claim the Communist Party fought against ‘99%’ of the invading Japanese army

5 October 202119 October 2021 2 min read

The original article in the Nan Guo Morning Post (南国早报) puts it at 60 percent.

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Analysis False In-depth Misleading Verified 

Analysis: Social media posts about Afghanistan — From False to Verified

25 August 202126 August 2021 7 min read

In this article, Annie Lab delves into three unverified social media content about Afghanistan in turmoil

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False 

False: Photo of woman “leading a luxurious life in Afghanistan under US control” is old, showing a Pakistani businesswoman in Lahore

20 August 202120 August 2021 1 min read

The woman is a Pakistani female entrepreneur, Aleena Raza. The photo was taken in 2014 in Lahore, Pakistan.

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COVID-19 False 

False: 60 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the UK did not develop serious or critical conditions ‘due to vaccination’

12 August 202122 August 2021 3 min read

The Chinese tweet with the false claim was posted after the British expert corrected his misspoken statistics. Similar claims in English were also debunked by fact-checking organizations before the post was made.

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