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Analysis: An old news photo from 2019 Hong Kong protests circulates in Myanmar with the same false claim
Analysis 

Analysis: An old news photo from 2019 Hong Kong protests circulates in Myanmar with the same false claim

13 April 202116 April 2021 Zeerak Khurram 5 min read

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Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China
COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China

12 April 202116 April 2021 Ananta Agarwal and Xinyi LI 2 min read

A tweet suggested the U.S. President Joe Biden has created what looks like “concentration camps” at the U.S.-Mexican border but the embedded video clip actually shows a COVID-19 quarantine site in Yunnan province, China.

Explainer: COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong
COVID-19 Explainer In-depth 

Explainer: COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

12 April 202116 April 2021 Audrey Sze Yuet Ng, Ananta Agarwal and Jack Sernovitz 10 min read
False: These photos are manipulated to show Hong Kong stars holding banners in support of Xinjiang cotton
False 

False: These photos are manipulated to show Hong Kong stars holding banners in support of Xinjiang cotton

1 April 202116 April 2021 Audrey Sze Yuet Ng 2 min read
Misleading post of protester being shot at
Misleading 

Misleading: This picture does not show a protester in Kalay, Myanmar, being shot with his hands raised

26 March 202116 April 2021 Robin Hibberd 2 min read
misleading
Misleading 

Misleading: These photos do not show the Burmese burning the Sino-Myanmar pipeline

24 March 202116 April 2021 Audrey Sze Yuet Ng 2 min read

中文 (繁/简)View more

分析:對林鄭月娥接種的疫苗有疑問?直播片段證針筒從科興包裝玻璃瓶取疫苗
COVID-19 分析 中文 

分析:對林鄭月娥接種的疫苗有疑問?直播片段證針筒從科興包裝玻璃瓶取疫苗

10 March 202116 April 2021 Zeerak Khurram, Xinyi LI and Robin Hibberd 0 min read

Annie Lab根據直播截圖和網上圖片的分析顯示,林鄭月娥接種的疫苗是從內地科興疫苗的玻璃瓶中抽取,而非如謠言猜測般接種了歐洲藥廠生產的疫苗。

虛假:影片中被丟棄的並非美國大選投給特朗普的郵寄選票 而是過期雞肉
虛假 中文 

虛假:影片中被丟棄的並非美國大選投給特朗普的郵寄選票 而是過期雞肉

23 November 202016 April 2021 Olivia Wang 王瑜婕 and Purple Romero 0 min read
誤導:發射失敗爆炸的火箭為日本製造而非中國
誤導 中文 

誤導:發射失敗爆炸的火箭為日本製造而非中國

16 November 202016 April 2021 Xitian Huang and Aurora Xue 0 min read

Myanmar

Misleading: Two pictures in this collage show protesters in Turkey, not Myanmar
Misleading 

Misleading: Two pictures in this collage show protesters in Turkey, not Myanmar

19 February 202116 April 2021 Zeerak Khurram and Robin Hibberd 4 min read

While some images show the scenes from the ongoing protests in Myanmar, others are old photos taken in Turkey in 2011 and 2013.

False: This photo of alleged Myanmar ‘tank woman’ is digitally manipulated
False 

False: This photo of alleged Myanmar ‘tank woman’ is digitally manipulated

18 February 202116 April 2021 Purple Romero and Cherry Lai 黎芷欣 2 min read
Investigation: A network of pro-military Facebook pages in Myanmar with Russian connections
Investigation 

Investigation: A network of pro-military Facebook pages in Myanmar with Russian connections

20 February 202016 April 2021 Aung Kaung Myat 6 min read

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The infographic posted on Twitter
COVID-19 No evidence 

No evidence: There is no proof that ivermectin prevents or cures COVID-19

15 March 202116 April 2021 Ananta Agarwal 3 min read

Peer-reviewed studies on ivermectin and the expert interviewed by Annie Lab indicate such claims have no scientific ground.

Analysis: Questions about Carrie Lam’s jab? Syringe was filled from a Sinovac vial
Analysis COVID-19 

Analysis: Questions about Carrie Lam’s jab? Syringe was filled from a Sinovac vial

28 February 202116 April 2021 Zeerak Khurram and Robin Hibberd 4 min read

Annie Lab’s visual analysis shows the syringe used to inoculate the Chief Executive was filled from a Sinovac vial. It was not a prefilled syringe made by a European manufacturer as the rumor implies.

Misleading: Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Japan’s airports does not correspond to domestic cases in China
COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Japan’s airports does not correspond to domestic cases in China

8 January 202116 April 2021 Olivia Wang 王瑜婕 4 min read

Annie Lab found the popular online calculation has no validity. Three datasets do not show what the claim implied at all.

False: Hospital Authority did not allocate HK$3 billion to subsidize the medical fees of Hong Kongers living in Guangdong
COVID-19 False 

False: Hospital Authority did not allocate HK$3 billion to subsidize the medical fees of Hong Kongers living in Guangdong

5 October 202016 April 2021 Jerome Lizambard and Katherine Cheng 1 min read

The proposed amount is $103 million. It is for the Food and Health Bureau, not Hospital Authority.

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False: This picture does not show Chinese soldiers helping Myanmar’s military ‘destroy’ the internet
False 

False: This picture does not show Chinese soldiers helping Myanmar’s military ‘destroy’ the internet

Misleading: These rescue photos do not show Vietnamese working for ‘illegal islands’ in the South China Sea
Misleading 

Misleading: These rescue photos do not show Vietnamese working for ‘illegal islands’ in the South China Sea

False: DOJ did not argue National Security Law has no presumption of innocence
False 

False: DOJ did not argue National Security Law has no presumption of innocence

rumor investigation
Investigation 

Investigation: Death of a mother and newborn baby neglected by a game-addicted husband — a recycled tale since 2017

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Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show Hong Kongers being transported to “re-education camps”

nanjing road
Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show closed stores in Shanghai or China’s economic collapse

Just in case: Nope. A chair was not thrown out of the White House on live TV news
Just in case 

Just in case: Nope. A chair was not thrown out of the White House on live TV news

False: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was not prosecuted for bribery related to the US election
False 

False: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was not prosecuted for bribery related to the US election

Misleading: This video shows kindergarten education in China, not Japan
Misleading 

Misleading: This video shows kindergarten education in China, not Japan

False: This photo does not show Trump shedding a tear after the US elections
False 

False: This photo does not show Trump shedding a tear after the US elections

False: Cathay Pacific did not say the company will slash 5,300 jobs because of the 2019 HK airport protest
False 

False: Cathay Pacific did not say the company will slash 5,300 jobs because of the 2019 HK airport protest

Misleading: This video does not show China using a large sonic gun to harass Indian soldiers
Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show China using a large sonic gun to harass Indian soldiers

False: This video does not show mail-in votes for Trump being dumped into a landfill
False 

False: This video does not show mail-in votes for Trump being dumped into a landfill

False: This video does not show Uyghur children “being sold” by Chinese traffickers
False 

False: This video does not show Uyghur children “being sold” by Chinese traffickers

Misleading: This video shows failed rocket launch in Japan, not China
Misleading 

Misleading: This video shows failed rocket launch in Japan, not China

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