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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: False Claim That Netanyahu’s Psychiatrist Committed Suicide Is Recirculated 2010 ‘Satire’ Post
Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's psychiatrist commit suicide in 2023? No, that's not true: This claim was published in 2010 by a blog that labeled its content "News, Commentary and Satire," and it was recirculated online in
Logically→ Old video circulated as fight between TDP and Jana Sena councillors in Andhra Pradesh
Logically→ Digitally altered image circulated as Time magazine cover comparing Trudeau to Hitler
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo used to claim ‘direct energy assault’ started Hawaii wildfires has circulated since 2018
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Recirculated video recycles false claim that California moved to outlaw the Bible
"Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality."
Logically→ 2013 video of church fire in Russia falsely circulated as a church burnt down in Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Recirculated 2020 video was a simulation and does not depict fraudulent creation of real ballots
A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Don’t Pump Gas’ Boycott Is NOT New — It’s Just Recirculated Old Post
Is there a national boycott of gasoline on April 15, 2022, to emulate a successful national protest from April 1997? No, that's not true: A post making that claim is a recycled post - "copypasta" that has circulated in various iterations
Logically→ Photos circulated on social media show Ashraf Ghani and Amrullah Saleh joining the war to support Ukraine against Russia.
Pictures of Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2021 have been doctored, with Ashraf Ghani and Amrullah Saleh's faces added to push an inaccurate narrative.
AFP Fact Check→ This image of people praying has circulated online since at least 2016
An image of people praying in the street has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows Palestinian Muslims attending Friday prayers. The photo circulated online as the Israel-Palestinian conflict escalated. The im
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about torrential rain in Saudi Arabia since July 2020
A video that shows several vehicles being crushed by a slab of concrete has been viewed thousands of times in online posts alongside a claim it was filmed in India after a cyclone struck in 2021. The claim is false: the video has circulated online si
AFP Fact Check→ The image has circulated online since at least 2016
A photo of hundreds of birds lying on the ground has been shared in social media posts that claim the creatures died of Covid-19 in India. The claim is false: the picture has been circulating online since at least 2016, years before India reported
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in posts since March 2020 about a Covid-19 stunt in Jordan
As violence escalated in Gaza in May 2021, multiple online posts shared a video that they claimed shows Palestinians staging a fake funeral in Gaza in a bid to gain world sympathy. The claim is false: the video has circulated online since March 2020
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated in reports about a Russian helicopter crash in 2015
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows a Myanmar military helicopter crash on May 4, 2021. The photo circulated online one day after an armed ethnic group claimed it had shot down a Myanmar mili
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of Indonesian crew praying on a submarine has circulated in reports since at least July 2020
An image has been shared thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and news reports alongside a claim that it shows Indonesian sailors praying on a submarine before it sank in April 2021. The claim is false: the image has circulated in reports since at l
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since at least 2019 in posts about a crocodile in Indonesia
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows a crocodile in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara after flash floods in April 2021. The claim, however, is false: the video has
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated in reports about a Russian plane landing in India in 2018
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows a Russian cargo flight landing in Myanmar to transport “sophisticated weapons” in March 2021. However, the claim is false. The photo in fact has ci
AFP Fact Check→ This footage circulated before the Covid-19 pandemic in reports about students fleeing tear gas at a school in Nigeria
Footage of students fleeing a building has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows children running from a school where “live virus” Covid-19 vaccines were being forcibly administered to black kids. The claim, however
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated in reports about a deadly landslide disaster in Myanmar in 2020 – months before the military coup
A photo of corpses has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Twitter and a discussion forum alongside a claim that it shows anti-coup demonstrators who were killed by Myanmar’s military. The claim is false; the photo has circulated seve
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated since October 2020 in reports about a Yemini boy who was assaulted by his father
Photos of a boy covered in bruises have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that he is the Muslim boy who was beaten for allegedly drinking tap water inside a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in Mar
AFP Fact Check→ This image has circulated online since at least 2014 in different contexts
Multiple social media posts have shared a photo they claim shows a baby rescued from an underground tunnel in Australia. The claim is false: the image has circulated online since 2014 in multiple different contexts, including on a satirical website; AF
AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in India and has circulated online since at least 2013
An image of cattle eating from a mound of discarded tomatoes on the roadside is circulating on social media with claims that it shows wasted produce after Nigerian food traders blocked supplies from the country’s north to the south. But this is false
AFP Fact Check→ Old photos circulated in false Facebook posts about ‘gold bars seized in Vatican City’
Five photos have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts in February 2021 alongside they show gold bars "confiscated" from an underground safe in Vatican City. The claim is false: the photos have circulated online in articles about gold bar
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated online since 2019 in reports from various countries about a hyena attack
Social media posts shared thousands of times in February 2021 claim a "bloodthirsty wolf" has been spotted in multiple locations in Pakistan. The posts shared an image of an animal and a purported letter from Pakistan’s Forest, Wildlife & Fisheri
AFP Fact Check→ These photos have circulated in reports about an earthquake in Turkey in 2020, not Afghanistan
Two photos have been shared in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts that claim they show destruction in Afghanistan following an earthquake in February 2021. The claim is false: both photos were taken from Associated Press reports about an earthqua
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about the aftermath of flooding near Jakarta in 2020
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows the aftermath of floods that hit a residential area on the outskirts of Jakarta in February 2021. The claim is misleading; the scenes in the footage match with video
AFP Fact Check→ The photo has circulated online since 2013 in reports about members of the RSS helping flood victims in Uttarakhand
Multiple Facebook posts share a photograph they claim shows members of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh group carrying food and medicine to the survivors of a deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley on February 7, 2021.
AFP Fact Check→ This video of a railway station in Mumbai has circulated online since at least 2016
A video has been shared in multiple Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages alongside a claim it shows a crowded railway station in the Indian port city of Mumbai in February 2021. The posts claim the video shows a huge crowd at the station after subur
AFP Fact Check→ The image has circulated since 2019 in reports about a woman arrested for murder in Argentina
A photo has been shared in multiple news articles and social media posts in January 2021 alongside a claim it shows a woman who was arrested in Mexico after stabbing her husband. The claim is false: the image has circulated online since 2019 in repo
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports since 2018 about a nurse trying to give a Chinese man an injection
A video of a man crying in fear while a nurse attempts to give him an injection has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts alongside a claim that it shows Thailand's health minister receiving the Covid
AFP Fact Check→ Footage of Trump speaking to US troops in 2017 circulated in false posts days before President Biden’s inauguration
Footage of former US President Donald Trump has been viewed tens of thousands of times across social media platforms alongside a claim it shows him giving a defiant televised speech on January 18, 2021, two days before President Joe Biden's inauguratio
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since 2018 and does not show Jack Ma
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube in early January 2021 alongside a claim it shows Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma repairing an air conditioning unit in Malaysia. The posts
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since February 2020 and shows a tractor stunt competition
Footage of a man driving a tractor upright has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows protesting Indian farmers preparing for a tractor rally on January 26, 2021. The claim is false: the v
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online in reports about pro-Punjabi language demonstrations since 2019
A video of a Sikh man blackening Hindi text on a sign has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in January 2021 alongside a claim it shows the Indian farmers’ protests, which began in November 2020. The post
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports since 2016 in reports about a woman assaulted in China
A video has been viewed more than one million times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows CCTV footage of a violent attack on a flight attendant in the Philippines on December 31, 2020, shortly before she died. The claim is false; the video has circu
AFP Fact Check→ These photos have circulated since 2017 in reports about pro-Punjabi language demonstrations
A collage of photos showing men blackening Hindi and English text on traffic signs has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in January 2021 alongside a claim it shows Sikh farmers protesting against the Hindi langua
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about turbulence on an Etihad Airways flight in 2016
A video filmed inside a passenger plane has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Tencent Video alongside a claim it shows the moments before an Indonesian aircraft carrying 62 people crashed into the sea on Januar
AFP Fact Check→ This video circulated online in reports about an Ethiopian Airlines crash in 1996
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows footage of the Sriwijaya Air flight that crashed into the sea on January 9, 2021. The claim is false: the clip has circulated in reports about an Ethiopian
AFP Fact Check→ Video of former China CDC director criticising China-made vaccines in 2010 is recirculated in misleading social media posts
A news clip has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter in December 2020 alongside a claim it shows the former Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) criticising the quality of China