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Artificial intelligence
Published on 13/03/2026

Presidential office says purported letter by Brazilian leader praising South Korea is fabricated

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Climate
Published on 21/11/2025

Brazil forest data misleadingly questioned amid COP30

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Climate
Published on 16/10/2025

Ahead of COP30, climate skeptics misuse study on Amazon forests

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Published on 12/06/2025

Clip shows fatal shooting in Brazil, not India's Bihar state

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/03/2025

Aerial image of where 'Manaus meets the Amazon' is AI generated

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 20/11/2024

Facebook users fooled by AI images of 'world's longest-necked family'

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Published on 01/10/2024

Animated plane crash video misrepresented as Brazilian air disaster

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Published on 09/09/2024

Russian official misquoted on bank transfer system

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Published on 21/08/2024

Animated plane crash video misrepresented as 2024 Brazil air disaster

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Climate
Published on 14/06/2024

Archive photos of Brazil mountain do not disprove sea level rise

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Climate
Published on 12/06/2024

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

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Climate
Published on 16/05/2024

Conspiracy theorist blames Brazil floods on baseless 'magnetic shift' claim

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Climate
Published on 16/05/2024

Digital artwork of 'last tree' in Brazil neighbourhood misrepresented as genuine

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Published on 12/03/2024

Gates Foundation, biotech company falsely implicated in Brazil dengue surge

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 28/02/2024

Lula's genocide remarks spark false claims on Israel relations

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Published on 11/04/2023

Photo shows bust of Brazilian slave resistance hero, not 'founder of Islamic State in Brazil'

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World Cup 2022
Published on 22/12/2022

Video shows 2018 protest, not Brazilian World Cup squad's bus

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Published on 20/12/2022

Photo shows Australian bank's PR campaign, not 'Brazilian politician punished for corruption'

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Brazil elections 2022
Published on 26/11/2022

Fabricated Brazilian govt decree does not declare election result 'fraudulent'

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Published on 21/11/2022

False posts about 'women-only' village in Brazil circulate online

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Brazil elections 2022
Published on 08/11/2022

Posts misleadingly share old Bolsonaro rally footage after Brazil election

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Covid-19
Published on 10/09/2022

False posts claim US health agency has started recommending ivermectin against Covid

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Climate
Published on 27/06/2022

'Greenwashing': new climate misinformation battleground

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Published on 20/06/2022

World Health Organization targeted with false claim about members 'leaving'

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Published on 23/02/2022

This photo shows a miniature figurine, not a real bird

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Covid-19
Published on 11/02/2022

Video of Brazilian trucks not related to Canada protest

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Published on 21/12/2021

These roads are located in Brazil and Uganda, not the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Published on 03/12/2021

Image of Maradona and Platini shows both wearing shirts with anti-drugs messages

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