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Published on 23/04/2025

Guatemala procession falsely portrayed as Pope's funeral

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US politics
Published on 04/04/2025

Canada, Germany and other countries have not 'shut down' Tesla

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Published on 24/03/2025

Video from Russia misrepresented as clip of missing US student

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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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Published on 12/03/2025

Posts falsely claim BlackRock bought Panama Canal

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US politics
Published on 14/02/2025

Border chaos footage from 2023 falsely shared as Mexico's 'response' to Trump trade policy

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Wildfires
Published on 27/01/2025

Mexico military exercise misrepresented as Los Angeles fire deployment

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US politics
Published on 03/01/2025

Fake quote from Panama's president on canal row circulates online

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US politics
Published on 27/12/2024

Mexico did not slap tariffs on US goods before Trump inauguration

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Published on 12/12/2024

Mexico did not end diplomatic relations with Canada

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Abortion
Published on 26/11/2024

Women's march photo manipulated to target abortion rights advocates

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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 21/10/2024

Video shows man escaping fire in Mexico, not Liam Payne's fall from hotel balcony in Argentina

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Published on 10/10/2024

Video of rushing flood waters destroying houses is from Colombia, not Thailand

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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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Mpox
Published on 30/08/2024

Video shows WHO director lifting mpox emergency status in 2023, not 2024

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Published on 21/08/2024

Animated plane crash video misrepresented as 2024 Brazil air disaster

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Published on 08/08/2024

Old video of World Cup celebrations in Argentina falsely shared as Venezuelan election protests in 2024

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Venezuela elections 2024
Published on 02/08/2024

Footage from 2017 falsely linked to Venezuela election demonstrations

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Venezuela elections 2024
Published on 31/07/2024

Misconstrued Venezuelan news broadcast fuels election misinformation

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LGBTQ+
Published on 26/07/2024

Cristiano Ronaldo did not 'defy UEFA order on LGBTQ armbands' at Euro 2020

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 11/07/2024

Image of 'world's largest lobster' contains signs of AI

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Climate
Published on 05/07/2024

Old clip misrepresented as Hurricane Beryl

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War in Ukraine
Published on 20/06/2024

Video shows Russian warship docking in Cuba in 2019, not 2024

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Published on 17/06/2024

Russia missile video misrepresented amid Caribbean deployment

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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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