Misleading: This bird was not killed by Hong Kong police tear gas
While the photo was not fabricated, it was taken in 2010 in the town of Berlin, Connecticut, U.S.
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Misleading
Non-altered (not manipulated) evidence is used out of context or in a misleading way. The key evidence may be fact-based, but the claim and information associated with the evidence is not true.
Misleading: No formal invitation to Carrie Lam does not mean she was uninvited
Lam was among the expected informal guests along with dignitaries from Taiwan and Macao.
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Misleading: A photo showing Carrie Lam on her mobile phone was taken before the Japanese emperor enthronement ceremony began
The TV screencap was taken while dignitaries and heads of state were still arriving.
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Misleading: This Red Bull “freedom” video was not produced in support of the Hong Kong protests
It was made before the HK protests. Red Bull has produced a series of similar videos in multiple languages in the past.
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Misleading: MTR Corporation has not revised the end-user agreement since protests began
The clause that stipulates the conditions under which the MTR can share the user data has been in the agreement since 2014.
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Misleading: This photo does not show “rioters” setting fire to Junius Ho’s office
The photo was taken in Shandong Province on September 4.
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Misleading: This image does not show the brain hemorrhage of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester
While the image is not fabricated, it has been on a radiology website called Radiopaedia since 2008.
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