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This video actually shows fish on a beach in Mexico

Published on 1 July 2020 at 05:12

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows fish washed up on a beach on the Indonesian island of Bali. The claim is misleading; the video shows people collecting fish on a beach in Mexico.

This video has circulated in reports about a military commander’s funeral procession in Iran in January 2020

Published on 26 June 2020 at 10:45

Aerial footage of a large procession of people has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook alongside claims that the video shows protests in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic The claim is false; the video has circulated in media reports about people in Iran attending a funeral procession for military leader Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.

Most of these photos were taken years before the recent Singapore floods

Published on 26 June 2020 at 10:30

Six photos have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that they show flooding in Singapore in late-June 2020. This claim is misleading; only one of the photos was taken after the recent floods. The other five have separately circulated online since at least 2009.

Brazilian MP was angry because new COVID-19 hospital was not operating yet

Published on 25 June 2020 at 18:18Updated on 26 June 2020 at 14:40

A widely shared video claims to show Brazilian lawmaker Filippe Poubel erupt in anger as he breaks into a field hospital that had claimed to have 5,000 novel coronavirus patients and finds it empty. In reality, the clip depicts the politician expressing his displeasure over a delay in opening a new COVID-19 hospital.

Hoax about Bill Gates’ plan to ‘microchip the vaccine’ circulates online

Published on 25 June 2020 at 10:25

Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that Bill Gates’ “ultimate goal” is to “microchip the [COVID-19] vaccine” to create “virtual IDs”. The posts also claim the billionaire philanthropist was in New Zealand in May and June 2020 “to test and trial the COVID-19 vaccine”. Both claims are false; a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spokesperson dismissed the purported link between Gates and microchips; as of June 24, New Zealand authorities say there is no record of Gates visiting the country in 2020.

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