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War in Ukraine
Published on 25/02/2022

Two old photos show Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, not Russia attacking Ukraine

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War in Ukraine
Published on 25/02/2022

Old image shows Ukrainians praying to mark 2014 separatist attacks, unrelated to current conflict

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War in Ukraine
Published on 25/02/2022

Video does not show 'Russian jets over Ukraine' -- it has circulated in old posts about air show rehearsal

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War in Ukraine
Published on 25/02/2022

This video shows an explosion in Beirut in 2020, not Russian strikes on Ukraine in 2022

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War in Ukraine
Published on 25/02/2022

This video shows an explosion in China in 2015, not Ukraine in 2022

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Published on 23/02/2022

Doctored CNN screenshot shared in posts about 'Putin delaying Russian invasion of Ukraine'

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Published on 15/02/2022

This video shows a climate protest in Austria, not 'fake' Covid-19 victims

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Published on 11/02/2022

Newly discovered 'highly infectious' HIV variant was detected in the Netherlands, not South Africa

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Published on 08/02/2022

Image from 2017 shows gathering in Kyiv for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation

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War in Ukraine
Published on 08/02/2022

This video was filmed years before the 2022 Ukraine-Russia crisis

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Published on 08/02/2022

Video does not show Ukrainian troops at Russian border in 2022 -- it has circulated online since 2020

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Covid-19
Published on 04/02/2022

Video shows Italian festival, not anti-mandate trucker protest

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Covid-19
Published on 03/02/2022

Posts falsely claim photo shows 2022 Dutch farmers' Covid protest

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Covid-19
Published on 02/02/2022

Facebook posts about pandemic misrepresent London Olympics opening ceremony

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Covid-19
Published on 02/02/2022

Anti-vaccine group targets London street with fake public health warning

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Climate
Published on 31/01/2022

Online posts mislead on threat to polar bears

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NATO
Published on 31/01/2022

This is fictional footage from a 2016 drill, not a recent BBC report on the Ukraine-Russia crisis

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Published on 31/01/2022

These images of 'human-shaped pylons' are a proposal by an architecture firm

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Vaccines
Published on 26/01/2022

This video shows police in France protesting against reforms in 2020 -- not an 'anti-vaccine protest'

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Published on 21/01/2022

US social media users praise fictitious Finnish labor reform

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Published on 20/01/2022

Dialling 999 and pressing 55 to call for help in 'silent’ emergencies works in the UK, not SA

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Covid-19
Published on 19/01/2022

The image shows a simulation in a Canadian hospital in 2020

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Climate
Published on 18/01/2022

Video misleads on data on CO2-driven warming

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Covid-19
Published on 13/01/2022

Hoax linking Covid-19 to bacteria and 5G mobile technology resurfaces in South Africa

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Myanmar military coup
Published on 13/01/2022

This photo has circulated on Russian websites since 2016 -- it does not relate to the Myanmar coup

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Vaccines
Published on 10/01/2022

Authorities say no vaccines stored in Italy’s Carabinieri police barracks when fire started

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Covid-19
Published on 05/01/2022

Misleading posts claim study shows vaccines increase Omicron infection risk

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Published on 31/12/2021

Old image shows Mo Salah signing for Liverpool Football Club in 2017, not a new contract in 2021

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