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No, this is not a video of Indian college students dressed as terrorists

AFP India Published on Thursday 24 January 2019 at 10:30
A report by a local Indian television channel, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, claims to show college students in southern Kerala state dressed as terrorists and waving the flags of terrorist organisations. The video footage actually shows students in costume to pay tribute to a popular regional movie character.
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No, this video does not show a raid on illegal workers in Indonesia just before national elections

AFP Indonesia Published on Thursday 24 January 2019 at 10:00
A video clip that has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook purports to show a raid on illegal Chinese workers carried out by the Indonesian government a few months before April’s presidential election. The video does show a raid on illegal workers, but the footage is four years old and has no connection to the polls.
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No, this picture does not show Indonesian ride-hailing app drivers declaring support for a presidential candidate

AFP Indonesia Published on Thursday 24 January 2019 at 07:30
An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook claims to show drivers from two major ride-hailing apps declaring their support for former military general Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia’s upcoming presidential elections. The image is a doctored photo of drivers objecting to regulations on ride-hailing services which has no link to the election.
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No, a TIME magazine cover did not say former Philippine president Marcos had been acquitted of all corruption cases

AFP Philippines Published on Thursday 24 January 2019 at 06:30
An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook purports to show a TIME magazine cover featuring late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos headlined: “The only president with the most projects ever built… and acquitted from all graft and corruption cases”. A search of the TIME magazine archive shows that this is a doctored image and the original cover featuring Marcos did not describe him in this way.
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