Fact Check

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Published on 12/02/2025

Virus disinformation drives anti-China sentiment, lockdown fears

Editors' choice

Published on 13/02/2025

Trump misrepresents plastic impact on sharks in reversing course on straws

Editors' choice

Published on 13/02/2025

Resurfaced Canadian foreign aid meme is inaccurate

Editors' choice

Published on 14/02/2025

Post misleadingly claims video shows Nigerians being deported from US

Published on 14/02/2025

Claims about USAID funding Malia Obama originated as satire

Published on 14/02/2025

Anti-Elon Musk poster falsely linked to USAID

Published on 14/02/2025

Old photo shows Pakistani flag burned in Afghanistan, not border region

Published on 14/02/2025

Border chaos footage from 2023 falsely shared as Mexico's 'response' to Trump trade policy

Published on 14/02/2025

Posts falsely claim Trump administration changed Taiwan webpage

Published on 13/02/2025

False claims that USAID paid Jeffrey Epstein spread online

Published on 13/02/2025

Old video of Kenyan doctor used to falsely claim Kenya has withdrawn from the WHO

Published on 13/02/2025

Video shows accident in Pakistan, not bus crash involving Indian pilgrims going to Hindu mega-festival

Published on 13/02/2025

India new year celebration footage falsely linked to Hindu festival

Published on 13/02/2025

No tsunami warning issued for Malaysian district inundated by floods

Published on 12/02/2025

Video shows water cannon at Kenya protest, not US police crackdown

Published on 12/02/2025

Electric fire trucks did not factor in response to deadly LA blazes

Published on 12/02/2025

Old picture, video misrepresented after Donald Trump attends Super Bowl

Published on 12/02/2025

Global Affairs Canada did not delete aid program data from website

Published on 12/02/2025

Picture of old cylinders falsely linked to Indonesia cooking gas supply woes

Published on 12/02/2025

Old Philippine fire image falsely shared as recent

Published on 12/02/2025

Elon Musk post targets US judge, not South Korean Constitutional Court justice

Published on 11/02/2025

Malaysian chicken sausage producer holds valid halal certification and is not 'pig farming' business

Artificial intelligence

Published on 11/02/2025

Post falsely claims doctored video shows Trump threatening to deport all Ghanaians

Published on 11/02/2025

Clipped video of Taiwan's top China policymaker shared with out-of-context claim about Chinese tourists

Published on 11/02/2025

Posts share visuals from earlier US deportation flights, not migrants flown back to India

Published on 11/02/2025

Video of violent police arrest from India's West Bengal state falsely linked to mega-festival

Published on 10/02/2025

US wildfire data misused following devastating LA wildfires

Published on 10/02/2025

Experts dispel 'crushed stones' Facebook tip to ward off snakes

Published on 10/02/2025

Trump-Yoon banner hung by right-wing South Korean group, not US military

Published on 10/02/2025

Footage of Indian train conductor bribe unrelated to Hindu festival

Published on 10/02/2025

China unpaid wages case sparks misinformation on city's currency

Published on 10/02/2025

Posts misrepresent old air show accident as 'another plane crash' after US aviation disasters

Published on 09/02/2025

Video of Muslim gathering in Pakistan falsely shared as Bangladesh 'mini-hajj'

Published on 07/02/2025

No evidence smart meters impacted homes during LA fires

Published on 07/02/2025

Federal judge did not invalidate Joe Biden's preemptive pardons

Published on 07/02/2025

Posts vastly exaggerate Nigeria’s HIV infections after US pauses aid

Published on 07/02/2025

Malaysian authorities say DNA test only prerequisite for birth registrations in specific cases

Artificial intelligence

Published on 07/02/2025

Video claiming to show Ethiopian missiles is AI-generated

Published on 07/02/2025

Posts target South Korean judge with doctored Chinese flag picture

Published on 07/02/2025

Edited clip shared in posts discrediting news coverage of protests calling for Duterte's impeachment

Published on 07/02/2025

Clip of Thai PM speech on scam centres manipulated to add fake subtitles

Published on 06/02/2025

Musk amplifies fake report claiming USAID paid celebrities to support Zelensky

Published on 06/02/2025

No Canada-US agreement to deport 1.2 million 'illegal Indian immigrants'

Published on 06/02/2025

Post falsely claims Trump’s deportation order does not affect Nigerians

Published on 06/02/2025

Misrepresented video of Burmese workers protest fans anti-migrant sentiment in Thailand

Published on 06/02/2025

Tourist misidentified as Bill Gates at India holy site

Myanmar military coup

Published on 06/02/2025

Old protest pictures misrepresented as Myanmar workers demanding higher pay

Published on 06/02/2025

Clip of Muslim conversion filmed in November 2023, not motivated by LA wildfires

Published on 06/02/2025

South Korean president's supporters target priest with 'communist' jibe

Published on 05/02/2025

Afghanistan photo misrepresented as deportation flight under Trump

Published on 05/02/2025

RFK Jr Senate hearing resurrects Lyme disease bioweapon conspiracy theory

Published on 05/02/2025

Video shows Tanzanian truck drivers – not soldiers – stranded in DRC conflict zone

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