False: Black objects on lampposts are not surveillance devices
The black attachments are merely covers to protect electronics sockets from the rain on newer LED lampposts.
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The claim is demonstrably false. The photo/video has been doctored. Stories investigate factual validity of the claim and/or the authenticity of photo/video.
False: McDonald’s won’t provide free meals to customers who say “I am your father” on Father’s Day
McDonald’s Hong Kong confirmed with Annie Lab in an email that local branches of the hamburger chain are not offering such a promotion.
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False: This video does not show a WHO official touching a female conference attendee in China
The man is a Nobel Prize laureate in physics, attending a conference with his significant other who was having a sore back.
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False: This video does not show an anti-China rally in Italy
It was an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Valerio Verbano, an Italian left-wing activist murdered in 1980.
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FALSE: This video does not show a fake, man-made egg
These components are all natural constituents of an egg.
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False: This video of figure skating “ice prince” Yuzuru Hanyu with Winnie the Pooh dolls is not censored in China
Many videos featuring the figure skating “ice prince” with the stuffed plush toy can be viewed on multiple platforms.
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False: This video does not show a family killed by the coronavirus amid China’s multi-city lockdown
The family was reported to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Dec 2019.
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Urban myth: Unsubstantiated rumors about white “kidnapping” vans stoke fear around the world
From the U.S. to France to the Philippines, false warnings and fake videos have spread.
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False: This video does not prove PLA is forcing Uyghur families to live with Chinese men
The claim is unfounded. The man in the video is a vlogger from Hunan province working in Xinjiang.
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False: Councillor-elect is not “mentally challenged”
All candidates must be mentally capable of assuming the duties. Otherwise, they will be disqualified from being nominated.
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False: Government Flying Service did not hang a banner to support “genuine universal suffrage”
This image is digitally manipulated. It is a composite of two pictures.
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False: Police commander did not admit to sexual assaults
The regional commander never discussed anything related to sexual assault in the press conference.
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False: This poster supporting Hong Kong police is not in train stations all over China
The photo in question was taken in Clifford Wonderland, a shopping mall in Guangzhou.
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False: The Civil Human Rights Front did not call for South Asians to be evicted from Chungking Mansions
The image has been digitally manipulated from the original.
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