@HKU School of Future Media
A shorter investigation story with a narrower scope.
The Instagram user who shot the original clip says it is “a beef leg.” An anatomy expert says it has features typical of hoofed animals such as cows, sheep, goats, camels, or horses.
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Widely shared clips repurpose charity videos on rural poverty and disability, not marriage customs or domestic abuse
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Viral claims about China’s “new law” requiring influencers to prove their qualifications in medicine, law, finance, and education is misleading. It conflated an existing 2022 regulation for livestreamers.
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There is no credible evidence to support claims that due to security concerns, a large number of Christmas markets in Germany have been canceled. City officials and local tourism boards have confirmed most markets will go ahead as planned.
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Internet users occasionally bring up the decade-old “Bridge of Life” campaign in South Korea even now, claiming that the suicide prevention measures in 2012 unintuitively contributed to more people jumping off the bridge. Annie Lab looked into what really happened.
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正值Annie Lab成立六周年之際，我們檢視成立至今的事實查核報告，並回顧學生記者迄今打擊不實資訊的成果。
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This year marks the sixth anniversary of our fact-checking newsroom. We analyzed our reports and reflected on the students’ work so far.
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Chinese social media posts claim a U.S. soldier recently live-streamed himself attacking South Koreans to gain followers on Xiaohongshu (RedNote). However, there is no evidence of such an incident; some screenshots were taken from news reports in 2022.
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Posts on Chinese social media refer to a different bill introduced in 2023. Neither the current bill nor the previous one explicitly discusses VPN.
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Annie Lab examined relevant traffic regulations; they all concern road safety and pollution. There is no traffic rule mentioning ‘the appearance of the city.
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