False: This video does not show Hong Kongers singing a patriotic song in a mall on National Day
A different audio track was added to old footage taken during the 2019 Hong Kong protest.
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Hong Kong Protests 2019
Analysis: An old photo from 2019 Hong Kong protests circulates in Myanmar with the same false claim
Annie Lab’s analysis indicates the photo shows a protester with an air gun, not ‘an armed undercover Hong Kong police officer instigating violence.’
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Misleading: This video does not show Hong Kongers being transported to “re-education camps”
It shows supporters of jailed activists Joshua Wong and two others bidding farewell when the trio left court after sentencing, not being sent to re-education camps.
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False: Cathay Pacific did not say the company will slash 5,300 jobs because of the 2019 HK airport protest
Restructuring is due to the pandemic crisis. Many major airlines in the region are also restructuring their operations.
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Explainer: How Private Prosecution Works in Hong Kong
What is private prosecution? It is a rarely invoked mechanism in enforcing criminal law in Hong Kong.
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Misleading: ‘Lennon Walls’ were not spared because the head of the city department supports protest movement
Official document shows the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department cleared ‘Lennon Walls’ 950 times at 295 locations in nine months.
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Misleading: ‘Dead’ Hong Kong journalist image is artwork, not a staged news photo
Tommy Fung, a well-known photoshop artist, was working on his new artwork when the pictures were taken.
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Investigation: Video of young men allegedly using illicit drugs has no connection to protests
Claims that the video was filmed in a university toilet are false
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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: 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: 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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