Misleading: Old video of a child in a Turkish hospital falsely shared as Gaza-related
The footage, first posted around a year ago, shows a girl in an Istanbul hospital and is unrelated to the bombed Gaza Baptist Hospital.
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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.
Misleading: These videos do not show the recent earthquake in Gansu
The first video is from an earthquake in Japan in 2022; another one shows a scene from a school play performed at a primary school in Hunan.
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Misleading: This video does not show hijacked Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea
The footage is at least a year old, if not older, and most likely shows a military drill. It has nothing to do with the cargo ship seized by Houthi rebels in November.
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Misleading: This photo does not show California governor welcoming Xi Jinping with Chinese flag
This photo, taken 14 years ago, shows Governor Gavin Newsom celebrating China’s National Day when he was the Mayor of San Francisco.
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Misleading: These dated videos do not show ‘staged’ deaths in Gaza
One clip was filmed in Malaysia this summer and shows a college course about Islamic funeral. The other was taken in Egypt ten years ago and shows a student demonstration.
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Misleading: This video does not show ISIS auctioning Yazidi women in slave markets
The video shows a street art performance in Iraq, which was meant to raise awareness of the cruelty of women being sold as sex slaves.
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Misleading: These videos do not show US or Israeli embassy attacked by Hamas supporters
The first clip depicts a demonstration in Bahrain in 2012; the second shows an election celebration in Turkey in May.
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Misleading: Tiananmen crowd and car honking videos are not related to the late Li Keqiang
Two videos show China’s National Day celebration more than three weeks before Li’s death; the other is a three-year-old clip showing drivers mourning COVID-19 victims in 2020.
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Misleading: Dated sexual assault video is not related to Israel – Hamas war
The video capturing the sexual violence was taken in Pakistan in 2021.
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Misleading: Journalist took cover during an air-raid alert in Israel; it was not a ‘staged act’
The air-raid siren was edited out in the misleading video. It also cut out the scene in the same broadcast showing a civilian taking cover under a bench behind her.
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