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False: Image of flooded dormitory room is old and digitally manipulated

16 July 202016 April 2021 Stephanie Chan 陳諾 China, flood, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 1 min read

The objects in the water appear to have been digitally added as many of them are identical duplicates.

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Misleading: City engulfed in flood waters in popular video is not Chongqing, China

7 July 202016 April 2021 Stephanie Chan 陳諾 and Judy Kwong 鄺苑楓 China, Chongqing, flood, Genoa, Italy 1 min read

The video was taken in Genoa, Italy, either in 2011 or earlier. It was not filmed this year, or in 2019 or 2014.

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