False: Image of white man with ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag standing on the back of two Black people is digitally manipulated
The “Black Lives Matter” flag is taken from another photo and was added to what appears to be an older tourist image.
ReadThe claim is demonstrably false. The photo/video has been doctored. Stories investigate factual validity of the claim and/or the authenticity of photo/video.
The “Black Lives Matter” flag is taken from another photo and was added to what appears to be an older tourist image.
ReadIt 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.
ReadThe original message reads “Home of the 12th Man” in reference to a Texas A&M tradition.
ReadAn 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.
ReadThe image is a composite of multiple pictures. Each person, the flags, and the gift box are all taken from different photos.
ReadThe 26-year-old man was pushed from the sixth floor on Aug. 15, 2021.
ReadThe 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.
ReadThe 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.
ReadThe 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.
ReadThe original article in the Nan Guo Morning Post (南国早报) puts it at 60 percent.
ReadIn this article, Annie Lab delves into three unverified social media content about Afghanistan in turmoil
ReadThe woman is a Pakistani female entrepreneur, Aleena Raza. The photo was taken in 2014 in Lahore, Pakistan.
ReadThe 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.
ReadMisleading medal tables that show China with the most number of golds are doctored images.
ReadAnnie Lab looks into an anti-vaccine group that has frequently disseminated misinformation about COVID-19 since February.
ReadKarl Lauterbach, a German epidemiologist and also a politician, did not make any statement that links inoculation to the origins of the delta variant in a COVID-19 conference on June 21.
ReadThe photos and videos of flooded cities were taken in Mexico and Russia. The animals added in post-production are old images.
ReadVarious social media posts suggest human bodies became magnetic following COVID-19 vaccination. Experts say that is simply impossible.
ReadThe false claim also featured two old photos taken in 2019 at the height of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement.
ReadThe building is still standing on campus and can be freely entered. No plan was announced to knock it down after the Union moves out of the building.
ReadMultiple news reports and videos show their legs are attached to foot restraints to keep them in upright position.
ReadGround-glass opacity is a common manifestation of lung injury. It does not imply any link between COVID-19 and vaping disease.
ReadSubramanian Swaminathan is the director of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control at Gleneagles Global Hospitals, not a ministry spokesperson. He appeared in multiple interviews after he was vaccinated. The claim appears to originate from a deliberate mistranslation.
ReadThe Chinese translation of Suga’s speech was fabricated. It has nothing to do with the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
ReadThe image was manipulated to add Tsai Ing-wen’s lower legs. A video from the same scene shows her talking to the US senators while standing.
ReadA social media post claims Fauci’s emails show he had known lockdowns were unnecessary and that asymptomatic people could not spread COVID-19, but a review of the emails tells otherwise.
ReadThe video is nine years old and has nothing to do with Japan’s plan. The clip has also been cropped to make the covered area in the ocean appear bigger than in the original video. The speed of spreading is accelerated.
ReadThe image showing Chinese senior diplomat Yang Jiechi bowing to then U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo in a meeting in Beijing on Oct. 8, 2018 has been doctored. The original picture shows both diplomats facing the camera, standing up straight.
ReadMultiple social media posts imply Swedish climate activist Thunberg has gained weight. However, they are digitally manipulated. Her face appears much smaller in the original photos.
ReadThe photo showing a Myanmar soldier holding a Molotov cocktail is manipulated. The original image is about an anti-coup demonstration in the northwestern town of Kalay, Myanmar on March 2, which has nothing to do with the burning of Chinese-owned factories on March 14.
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