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Published on 08/05/2025

Old bushfire video misrepresented as recent blaze in Israel

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Wildfires
Published on 06/05/2025

Video of England blaze misrepresented as Israel wildfires

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Wildfires
Published on 01/05/2025

Video shows wildfire in Los Angeles, not Israel

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 17/04/2025

False claims about US general being killed in Gaza spread online

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 08/04/2025

Video of Volodymyr Zelensky kneeling before Saudi officials is AI-generated

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 31/03/2025

Posts misrepresent Bangkok amusement park show as scene from Gaza

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Published on 28/03/2025

Posts misleadingly claim to show Yemeni man and his child bride who died after wedding night

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 27/03/2025

Image of 'Gazan mother with son's bones' is made with AI

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 26/03/2025

Old Tel Aviv shooting footage falsely linked to Huthi missile strike

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US politics
Published on 25/03/2025

Video showing 2015 explosion in Yemen falsely shared as US airstrikes in 2025

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Published on 10/01/2025

Photos show Iraqis arrested while disguised in women's clothing, not 'Syrian prison guard who attempted escape'

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Published on 08/01/2025

Photo shows damage in Yemen's Sanaa airport in 2015, not 2024

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Published on 02/01/2025

Photo shows exhibit in Vietnamese war museum, not prison cell in Syria

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Climate
Published on 30/12/2024

Social media users share photos with false claim they show first snowfall in Saudi Arabia

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 27/12/2024

Old video of Saudi factory fire misrepresented as 2024 Huthi attack on Israel

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 26/12/2024

Picture shows Israel's 2018 Gaza attack, not aftermath of US strike in Yemen

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 18/12/2024

AI-generated video falsely shared as 'Israel attack by Middle East countries'

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Published on 17/12/2024

Old video of Turkish-backed militias kidnapping Kurdish woman fighter falsely linked to Assad ouster

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Published on 16/12/2024

CNN chyron listing Syrian rebel leader's pronouns is fake

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 13/12/2024

Edited 'handshake standoff' clip of China foreign minister, Israel PM spreads online

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Published on 12/12/2024

Footage of smoke from 2013 misrepresented amid Syrian takeover

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Published on 10/12/2024

Posts falsely claim to show image of Assad in Moscow

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Published on 09/12/2024

India plane crash footage misrepresented as Assad fleeing Syria

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Published on 09/12/2024

Clip shows fires at Aleppo oil refineries in March 2021, not attack on Syrian rebels in December 2024

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Published on 09/12/2024

Old photo falsely shared as aftermath of Russian strike in Syria

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 06/12/2024

Clip shows attack on Bulgarian politician, not 'assault on Netanyahu after ICC arrest warrant issued'

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Published on 03/12/2024

Video shows Philippine airline's advert on Burj Khalifa, not light show in support of Vice President Sara Duterte

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 02/12/2024

Photo shows Israeli helicopter firing flares over Gaza, not 'shot down in Lebanon'

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