Fact Check

Editors' choice

Published on 24/07/2025

Clip shows flood defence in northern Thailand, not border wall with Cambodia

Editors' choice

Published on 18/07/2025

Fireflies will still light up summers, despite a decline in diversity

Editors' choice

Published on 09/07/2025

Deepfake of South African epidemiologist misleads on Covid-19 vaccine safety

Published on 30/07/2025

Oprah refutes claims she blocked private Hawaii road from tsunami evacuees

Published on 30/07/2025

Montreal basilica did not chime bells to discourage praying Muslims

Published on 30/07/2025

Posts misleadingly claim Nigerian governor renamed school after monarch died

Published on 30/07/2025

Joke posts about China's dashed World Cup hopes mislead users

Artificial intelligence

Published on 30/07/2025

AI image does not accurately depict Bangladesh plane crash

Artificial intelligence

Published on 30/07/2025

AI-generated clip of 'sparrows eating lovebugs' fools S. Korean users

Published on 30/07/2025

Baseless posts about Taiwanese army recruit from Africa spread online

Published on 29/07/2025

Old Scottish music festival footage misrepresented as pro-Trump crowd

Published on 29/07/2025

CNN chyrons labeling New York shooter as white are fake

Published on 29/07/2025

Posts share fabricated quote credited to Malaysian king

Published on 29/07/2025

Photo of US aircraft dropping fire retardant falsely linked to Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Published on 29/07/2025

Video shows detention of Bangladeshi paramilitary force members, not Myanmar rebels

Published on 29/07/2025

False update about China travel policy for Pakistanis spreads online

Published on 29/07/2025

Posts about PNG sending troops to Israel misuse old footage

Bangladesh unrest

Published on 29/07/2025

Posts falsely link old images to July 2025 Bangladesh protest

Published on 29/07/2025

Posts tying animal behavior to seismic activity at Yellowstone are bogus

Published on 28/07/2025

Altered photo of Hulk Hogan surges following wrestler's death

Published on 28/07/2025

Old image causes confusion over convicted ex-Kenyan leader’s whereabouts

Published on 28/07/2025

Old military exercise photo misrepresented as Thailand-Cambodia clashes

Published on 28/07/2025

Footage of water tanker spraying urinating man is from Peru, not India

Published on 28/07/2025

Video shows Kenya protests, not mass runaways from Cambodia's internet sweatshops

Published on 27/07/2025

Posts share false Bangladesh jet crash death toll

Artificial intelligence

Published on 25/07/2025

Story of dead surgeon linked to Brigitte Macron is fabricated

Published on 25/07/2025

Explicit Fed chair resignation video spreading online is fake

Published on 25/07/2025

Misinformation about abortion safety spreads via US podcast

Published on 25/07/2025

Posts falsely claim video shows burial of Nigeria’s former president Buhari

Published on 25/07/2025

Old clip of Yangon flash mob protest misrepresented as new anti-junta demonstration

Published on 25/07/2025

Video shows ceiling collapsing at Chongqing shopping centre, not airport

Artificial intelligence

Published on 25/07/2025

Image of 'Alligator Alcatraz' is AI-generated

Published on 25/07/2025

Photo shows Rahul Gandhi and lawyer, not 'judge who granted bail'

Artificial intelligence

Published on 24/07/2025

US conservatives spread fake Fed chair resignation letter online

Published on 24/07/2025

Hoax posts about Malaysian cash aid scheme misuse unrelated visuals

Published on 24/07/2025

Old footage of Indonesia fire falsely shared as Barcelona mosque blaze

Artificial intelligence

Published on 24/07/2025

Images of deadly Bangladesh fighter jet crash are AI-generated

Published on 23/07/2025

False claim France's La Jument lighthouse pays staff millions persists online

Published on 23/07/2025

Anti-dog flyer resurfaces online, attracts hateful rhetoric toward Canadian Muslims

Published on 23/07/2025

Old video of Museveni falsely linked to Kenya’s recent anniversary demonstrations

Published on 23/07/2025

Old flooding clips misrepresented as deadly storm hits Philippines

Published on 23/07/2025

Old clip falsely linked to fatal tour boat accident in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay

Artificial intelligence

Published on 22/07/2025

Fake Jimmy Kimmel monologue spreads after Stephen Colbert show cancellation

Published on 22/07/2025

Video of drug crackdown in Ghana misrepresented as xenophobic attack on Nigerian shops

Published on 22/07/2025

Unrelated arrest photo shared in hoax about South African child support fraud

Artificial intelligence

Published on 22/07/2025

Image of 'Japanese volcano spewing lava and ash' is AI-generated

Published on 22/07/2025

Clip of Lee Jae Myung laughing predates former lawmaker's passing

Published on 22/07/2025

Posts criticising Australian migration policy misuse decade-old picture

Published on 21/07/2025

Italy is still a signatory of the Paris Agreement, as of July 2025

Published on 21/07/2025

Video shows protest in Kenya, not a demonstration against Togolese president

Published on 21/07/2025

Doctored image falsely linked to Tanzanian treason case

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