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Covid-19
Published on 02/09/2021

Hoax report promotes 'Covid-19 cash handouts for mothers' in the Philippines

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Published on 27/08/2021

Image shows execution in Somalia, not a firing squad in Nigeria

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Published on 27/08/2021

Lithuania refutes false online claim it will provide special immigration pathway to Hong Kongers

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Published on 24/08/2021

Photo of child's rescue was taken in Haiti after earthquake in 2010, not 2021

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Afghanistan
Published on 20/08/2021

Old video resurfaces in misleading posts claiming women are being auctioned in Afghanistan

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Covid-19
Published on 20/08/2021

Vegetable soup remedy touted by Sri Lankan Facebook users cannot cure Covid-19

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Afghanistan
Published on 19/08/2021

Images of children in conflict zones inadvertently linked to Taliban’s march into Kabul

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Published on 19/08/2021

Posts falsely claim that a non-Kashmiri community opened a shop in Kashmir

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Afghanistan
Published on 18/08/2021

This photo has circulated in reports about Iran in the 1970s

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Covid-19
Published on 17/08/2021

Indonesian cemetery photo wrongly shared in posts about Sri Lankan coronavirus deaths

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Published on 17/08/2021

Old video resurfaces in misleading posts about Thailand's anti-government protests

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Published on 13/08/2021

This video shows a military simulation, not an attack on Nigerian troops

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Covid-19
Published on 12/08/2021

False claim circulates online that Baduy community in Indonesia have never been vaccinated

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Published on 06/08/2021

Coffin resembling phallus was used to bury Ghanaian man who performed circumcisions, not a sex worker

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Published on 05/08/2021

Posts falsely claim death of South African actress Connie Ferguson

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Published on 05/08/2021

Posts about Afghan 'comedian' killed by the Taliban in 2021 misuse old photo

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Published on 29/07/2021

NFL quarterback Mahomes did not threaten to leave over team name

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Published on 29/07/2021

South African rapper Zola 7 confirms he is alive after hoax circulates about his death

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Covid-19
Published on 27/07/2021

This video has been edited -- US charity says it will continue to grant 'wishes' to unvaccinated children

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Covid-19
Published on 22/07/2021

Facebook users in Sri Lanka misrepresent image of Covid-19 victims in Myanmar

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Published on 21/07/2021

This video was taken at a mining site in Sierra Leone, not Kenya

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Published on 16/07/2021

Bangladeshi media outlets share satirical article about 'man with 14 girlfriends' as fact

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Published on 13/07/2021

This video of Indian film star Dilip Kumar was filmed years before his death

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Covid-19
Published on 06/07/2021

Lab analysis of ‘dangerous pathogens’ on children’s masks lack scientific credibility, experts say

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Published on 05/07/2021

Fake article targets first transgender Olympian Laurel Hubbard

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Published on 30/06/2021

Nigerian president claims government lifted millions out of poverty in two years, but evidence says otherwise

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Covid-19
Published on 29/06/2021

Facebook posts falsely claim video shows empty casket intended for Ugandan Covid-19 victim

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Published on 28/06/2021

WHO report recommends educational campaigns, not an alcohol ban for women of childbearing age

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