Misleading: These Weibo GIFs do not show Russia dropping a ‘small nuclear bomb’
A Chinese blogger posted images that have nothing to do with the Russian attack on Bakhmut, Ukraine. Annie Lab found no evidence of FAB-3000 dropped on the city.
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Analysis: There is no record of China donating 50 ambulances to Ukraine in January
A five-year-old photo of an ambulance donation from China to Ukraine was used in recent online posts with a claim that the vehicles were given this year in January. But Annie Lab found no record of such donation by Beijing to Kyiv since the war in Ukraine began a year ago.
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False: This video was not shot in Iran; it shows old protest footage in Ukraine and Hong Kong
It is a composite of different footage featuring protesters hurling Molotov cocktails with slingshots in Ukraine in 2014 and in Hong Kong in 2019.
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False: This marching soldier has nothing to do with Putin’s call-up of reservists
The earliest version of the same video we found was posted in 2019, three years before Russia announced drafting 300,000 more reservists in the ongoing war with Ukraine in late September.
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False: Photo of Chinese and Russian soldiers taken in 2014 in Jordan, not Ukraine in 2022
The two participated in the Annual Warrior Competition held by the Jordanian Armed Forces in Amman in 2014.
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誤導：《經濟學人》並未採用普京赤身騎熊貓圖為最終封面
有關封面設計只是《經濟學人》內部曾考慮的其中一個排版初稿，最終付諸印刷的封面只有中國國家主席習近平和普京的頭像。
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Misleading: Pope Francis was not holding a Ukrainian flag with Nazi symbol
The flag shows the symbol of the uprising in Kyiv in 2014 known as the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine.
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False: Zelenskyy did not say he uses cocaine in this interview
The video was doctored with stitched video frames and spliced audio track. In the original video of the full interview, he said he doesn’t use drugs but he is into coffee and gets his energy from daily exercise.
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False: Woman protesting against Zelenskyy on Ukrainian TV is a digital mashup
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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Misleading: ‘Shirtless Putin on a panda’ image was not used by the Economist
The image is one of the mock-up designs explored by the magazine. The published cover features only Putin’s face overlapping the face of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Misleading: WHO asked Ukraine to destroy pathogens in public health labs, not bioweapons
WHO routinely collaborates with member states on the safety and security of labs. Bioweapon allegations have been debunked by scientists.
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誤導：網傳志願軍抵烏援助影片 實為多國海上演習
影片顯示的是2019年在巴西舉行的UNITAS海上軍事演習。
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Misleading: This video shows a climate protest, not corpses in Ukraine
The video shows a demonstration held by climate activists against Vienna’s climate policy on Feb. 4, not casualties in the recent conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
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False: Putin was not holding a picture of the late King Bhumibol of Thailand
The image is manipulated. The original shows Putin holding his father’s portrait in 2015.
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Misleading: Video shows naval forces exercise in Brazil, not volunteer-soldiers in Ukraine
The video shows participants in Operation UNITAS LX, a multinational maritime exercise hosted by Brazil in 2019.
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Misleading: Video shows missile drill in China; not Russian attack on Ukraine
The GIF is a clip from a 2017 CCTV video about China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force.
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