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Misleading: These videos have nothing to do with recent wildfires or climate change

2 August 202212 August 2022 5 min read

Annie Lab looked into two video clips claiming wildfires are manmade, which also implied climate change is not real.

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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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False 

False: This vulgar message targeting Biden in US stadium is digitally altered

3 November 2021 3 min read

The original message reads “Home of the 12th Man” in reference to a Texas A&M tradition.

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Screenshot of the tweet and the manipulated image
Fact check False 

False: Image of US Army general receiving a Huawei phone from a Chinese general is manipulated

20 October 20218 November 2021 3 min read

The image is a composite of multiple pictures. Each person, the flags, and the gift box are all taken from different photos.

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Analysis False In-depth Misleading Verified 

Analysis: Social media posts about Afghanistan — From False to Verified

25 August 202126 August 2021 7 min read

In this article, Annie Lab delves into three unverified social media content about Afghanistan in turmoil

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China

12 April 202116 April 2021 2 min read

A tweet suggested the U.S. President Joe Biden has created what looks like “concentration camps” at the U.S.-Mexican border but the embedded video clip actually shows a COVID-19 quarantine site in Yunnan province, China.

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Misleading 

Misleading: Some photos and videos are not related to ‘grain stock fires’ in Chinese cities

13 July 202016 April 2021 7 min read

The photo was shot in the US and the video was filmed last year at a cooking oil storehouse.

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Misleading 

Misleading: This US gun store robbery video is not related to the George Floyd protests

12 June 202016 April 2021 3 min read

The claim is false. The footage actually shows a robbery in Houston that took place more than four years ago, on March 1, 2016.

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