Misleading: Image of a girl with scaly skin has nothing to do with Israel-Hamas war
According to her family, she has ichthyosis, a skin disorder that causes scaly, peeling skin, since birth.
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Misleading
The claim is accompanied by non-altered evidence but it is used out of context or in a demonstrably misleading way. The key evidence may be fact-based, but the claim and information associated with the evidence are not true.
Analysis: No evidence supports viral story of US soldier’s assault in South Korea
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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Misleading: Crying cameraperson video is unrelated to recent Trump-Zelenskyy spat
The footage comes from a 9-year-old reality TV show in Turkey. It has nothing to do with the fiery exchange at the White House between the two leaders.
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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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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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Misleading: Photo shows a captured Russian soldier, not a North Korean deserter
The man is identified as a Russian sniper from a region bordering Mongolia. Ukrainian troops reportedly arrested him after he tried to shoot a civilian in a drunken state in 2022.
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Misleading: Underwater facility shown in a video is a coral nursery, not ‘weather manipulation’ apparatus
The coral nursery was established in 2009. The tree-like structures with PVC pipes and rope are designed to keep the corals in the optimal environment for growth.
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Misleading: Video shows old gunshot accident in India, not device explosion in Lebanon
The 2022 clip captures the moment a bank security guard in India unintentionally shot himself.
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