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Following an outbreak of ethnic violence in eastern Bangladesh in September, a video has been viewed millions of times in social media posts that falsely claimed it shows minority women…
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken October 15, 2024 The post was shared after Philippine officials said Saudi Arabia executed a Filipino worker despite Manila's appeals (archived…
A photograph taken when Typhoon Yagi hit southern China in September was edited and shared with a false claim that it showed underwear flying in the wind as another cyclone, Krathon, hit…
Screenshot of the false post taken on September 29, 2024 The clip was shared with similar claims elsewhere on X and Facebook. Five years after the government of Prime Minister Narendra…
A photo of a boat flying the flags of Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been altered and shared on Burmese social media with a false claim it shows a boat used by the…
Screenshot of the false post, taken October 3, 2024. The photo was shared thousands of times with the same false claim on Facebook and X. AFP debunked a similar claim after it emerged in…
Footage of two unrelated events in Algeria and Indonesia has been viewed thousands of times alongside a false claim it shows the aftermath of a Hezbollah attack on Israel. The clips --…
Screenshot of the false post, taken on September 26, 2024 The false claim surfaced as former Indian lawmaker Imtiaz Jaleel led a convoy of hundreds of vehicles to Mumbai and called for the…
Footage of Pakistan police protesting in the wake of deadly militant attacks has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it shows a demonstration for the release of politician Sher…
Screenshot of the false post, taken on September 19, 2024 “Register immediately to receive the gift. It is offered for the low-income section of society and the elderly,” the caption…
Social media users have shared an old video of a house in China collapsing in floodwater with a false claim that it was filmed during deadly floods that hit northern Thailand in September…
As devastating floods hit Thailand in August 2024, old photos made the rounds in Facebook posts that misleadingly linked them to the disaster. While one of the pictures genuinely showed…
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, captured on September 16, 2024 It surfaced as thousands of Khan's supporters gathered in the Sangjani area of Islamabad in support of the former…
Footage of crowds at a candlelight vigil in Bangladesh has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it showed protests in India seeking justice after the rape and murder of a…
Screenshot taken on September 10, 2024 of the false post The photos surfaced on the same day Typhoon Yagi slammed into Vietnam after leaving two dozen people dead across southern China and…
A screenshot of the false post, taken on September 5, 2024 SAPS is the acronym for the South African Police Service, and Beitbridge is a border crossing between South Africa and…
Screenshot of the false post, taken on September 4, 2024 The post contains a 56-second video showing heated scenes between delegates attending a hearing inside an auditorium. As the…
Remarks by the head of India's opposition Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge have been taken out of context on social media to falsely claim he said his party would take money from Hindus…
A blurred screenshot of the false X post, taken on September 4, 2024 The post had amassed hundreds of likes before the X account was suspended. The claim has circulated in different…
A video showing rows of coffins racked up thousands of views in X posts that falsely claimed it showed last rites for "130 soldiers" who died in separatist attacks in Pakistan's restive…
A screenshot of the false post, taken on September 4, 2024 A “black spot” refers to a notoriously dangerous section of road. The following day, another Facebook post repeated the claim but…
A video from 2023 showing a nighttime mass to celebrate Christmas in Indonesia's capital Jakarta has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as an event held to mark…
Screenshot taken on September 3, 2024 of the false post The junta's brutal crackdown on anti-coup protesters has forced thousands of youth into newly formed "People's Defence Forces" in…
Screenshot of the false post taken on August 25, 2024 The post surfaced as Bangladesh grappled with severe floods that have killed at least 40 people and left nearly 300,000 taking refuge…
