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Misleading: Video does not show celebrations after Italian PM’s resignation

25 July 202227 July 2022 3 min read

The first half of the video shows a 2021 mass protest in Rome against a vaccine pass mandate. The second half features a taxi drivers’ demonstration against a bill related to ride-hailing services.

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Fact check Misleading 

Analysis: Viral social media posts about Dutch farmers’ protests

15 July 202212 August 2022 6 min read

Annie Lab investigated two images used in misleading social media posts about the ongoing farmers’ protests in the Netherlands.

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False 

False: Polish president did not recently indicate changing or reversing the anti-abortion law

7 July 202215 July 2022 3 min read

The last time the Polish president indicated making any changes to the abortion law was almost two years ago.

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Misleading 

Misleading: Photo of litter-filled street does not show the aftermath of climate protest in Netherlands

6 July 20228 July 2022 3 min read

The photo has nothing to do with the protest. It shows a trashed area outside the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam before the concert of singer Billie Eilish.

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claim that ukrainian citizen interrupted news broadcast to protest Zelenskyy is false
Fact check False 

False: Woman protesting against Zelenskyy on Ukrainian TV is a digital mashup

1 April 20227 April 2022 3 min read

The montage mixes a live news broadcast in Ukraine with an unrelated clip using green screen technology, according to the TikTok user who made it.

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COVID-19 Fact check Verified 

Verified: This video shows protestors dancing at an anti-COVID restrictions demonstration in Netherlands

11 October 20215 November 2021 3 min read

The viral video shows people dancing to club music on the streets who were protesting against the social distancing restrictions and nightlife ban on Sept. 11.

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COVID-19 False 

False: This photo does not show ‘Australian protester’ with rubber bullet wounds; it shows a man in Argentina in 2015

5 October 20215 October 2021 2 min read

The photo shows a demonstrator in a labor dispute in Buenos Aires on Dec. 22, 2015, according to the Associated Press. It has nothing to do with the anti-vaccine mandate protests in Melbourne in September 2021.

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Misleading 

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

19 February 202116 April 2021 5 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.

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