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False: This video was not shot in Iran; it shows old protest footage in Ukraine and Hong Kong

2 November 2022 2 min read

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 

False: This marching soldier has nothing to do with Putin’s call-up of reservists

21 October 20222 November 2022 2 min read

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 

False: Photo of Chinese and Russian soldiers taken in 2014 in Jordan, not Ukraine in 2022

12 August 202226 August 2022 2 min read

The two participated in the Annual Warrior Competition held by the Jordanian Armed Forces in Amman in 2014.

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誤導 中文 

誤導:《經濟學人》並未採用普京赤身騎熊貓圖為最終封面

8 July 202218 August 2022 0 min read

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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Fact check Misleading 

Misleading: Pope Francis was not holding a Ukrainian flag with Nazi symbol

27 April 202227 April 2022 3 min read

The flag shows the symbol of the uprising in Kyiv in 2014 known as the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine.

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Claim that Ukrainian President Zelenskky admitted to using cocaine in an interview
Fact check False 

False: Zelenskyy did not say he uses cocaine in this interview

26 April 2022 2 min read

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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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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Fact check Misleading 

Misleading: ‘Shirtless Putin on a panda’ image was not used by the Economist

25 March 20228 July 2022 3 min read

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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Fact check Misleading 

Misleading: WHO asked Ukraine to destroy pathogens in public health labs, not bioweapons

21 March 20226 April 2022 4 min read

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 中文 

誤導:網傳志願軍抵烏援助影片 實為多國海上演習

8 March 202218 August 2022 0 min read

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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Fact check Misleading 

Misleading: This video shows a climate protest, not corpses in Ukraine

7 March 2022 3 min read

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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Fact check False 

False: Putin was not holding a picture of the late King Bhumibol of Thailand

4 March 20225 March 2022 2 min read

The image is manipulated. The original shows Putin holding his father’s portrait in 2015.

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Misleading 

Misleading: Video shows naval forces exercise in Brazil, not volunteer-soldiers in Ukraine

4 March 20228 March 2022 2 min read

The video shows participants in Operation UNITAS LX, a multinational maritime exercise hosted by Brazil in 2019.

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Fact check Misleading 

Misleading: Video shows missile drill in China; not Russian attack on Ukraine

22 February 202228 February 2022 2 min read

The GIF is a clip from a 2017 CCTV video about China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force.

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