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Published on 22/05/2026

Video of arson attempt on church is from Mexico, not UK

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Published on 22/05/2026

Video of man wearing fake Pakistani army uniform arrested for drug trafficking misleads online

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Published on 22/05/2026

S. Korean posts falsely link old video to Starbucks marketing fiasco

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 22/05/2026

Purported video of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting China's top diplomat is AI-generated

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Published on 22/05/2026

False claims of post-election unrest in Solomon Islands share fabricated images

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Migration
Published on 21/05/2026

Botswana and Tanzania did not impose retaliatory measures on South Africa amid anti-migrant tensions

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Published on 21/05/2026

Video of mock funeral is not related to Nigerian finance minister’s resignation

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Donald Trump
Published on 21/05/2026

Claims that Trump peeked at Xi's notes during Chinese state banquet are false

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Published on 21/05/2026

Venice performance art misrepresented as anti-Muslim violence in India

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Published on 21/05/2026

Baseless hantavirus 'scamdemic' claims cite unrelated Australia lab incident

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Published on 21/05/2026

Video shows fight during Indian festival, not demolition of mosque

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Published on 21/05/2026

Clip of religious ritual in Bangladesh falsely linked to West Bengal unrest

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Published on 21/05/2026

Posts falsely claim Sri Lanka's cricket teams will adhere to new quota system

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Climate
Published on 20/05/2026

Posts falsely link 5G networks to 'climate control'

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Published on 20/05/2026

Old, unrelated videos misrepresented as post-election violence in India's West Bengal

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Published on 20/05/2026

Brawl at Indian mosque misrepresented as Imran Khan's supporters beating up imam

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 20/05/2026

Image of bin full of Chinese gifts thrown away by US officials, media is AI-generated

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Vaccines
Published on 20/05/2026

Old Moderna research triggers false hantavirus claims online

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US politics
Published on 19/05/2026

Altered photos of Biden, Trump with Xi spread online

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Published on 19/05/2026

Footage of Bangladesh fire misrepresented as post-election arson in West Bengal

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Published on 19/05/2026

Video of man beaten for harassing women in Bangladesh shared with anti-Muslim claims in India

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Covid-19
Published on 19/05/2026

Posts linking Covid jabs to hantavirus misuse Pfizer, WHO documents

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Iran
Published on 18/05/2026

AI-generated video falsely shared as US military plane struck by Iran

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Iran
Published on 18/05/2026

Fabricated newspaper front page about gold control measures spreads in India

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Donald Trump
Published on 18/05/2026

Old Air Force One landing video falsely shared as Trump arrival in China

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Published on 18/05/2026

Footage of Holi festival fight falsely shared as post-election attacks in West Bengal

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Published on 18/05/2026

Posts falsely claim handwritten birth certificates in Malaysia are invalid

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 17/05/2026

Posts use AI-generated visuals to exploit division about Philippine electricity subsidies

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