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Indian farmers protests
Published on 23/12/2020

This video has circulated online since 2015 in reports about a protest in Indian-administered Kashmir

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Published on 23/12/2020

Social media posts share outdated findings about Pompeii volcano victim

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Covid-19
Published on 22/12/2020

Canadian doctor’s open letter about Covid-19 contains false claims

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Covid-19
Published on 22/12/2020

AFP photo of 2018 World Cup celebrations shared online alongside false claim about Covid-19 protest in Paris

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Published on 22/12/2020

These photos show damage caused by different earthquakes in Taiwan from 2016 to 2019

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Published on 22/12/2020

Social media posts share misleading claim about Sri Lankan cricket tournament's 'global ranking'

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Published on 22/12/2020

Hoax report circulates online in the Philippines that delivery driver was ‘tricked into delivering severed head’

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Published on 22/12/2020

Doctored image shared alongside false claim about Indian right-wing group saluting Queen Elizabeth II during fight to end British rule

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US elections 2020
Published on 21/12/2020

Report alleging election fraud in Michigan county is ‘baseless’

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Vaccines
Published on 21/12/2020

Pelosi, Pence did not fake Covid-19 vaccinations using capped needles

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Published on 21/12/2020

This video shows a triceratops puppet that was used to promote an Indonesian adventure park

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Published on 21/12/2020

Old video of whistleblower accusing Philippine vice president of poll fraud recirculates in misleading social media posts in 2020

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Covid-19
Published on 21/12/2020

Social media posts share false claim that South Korea’s Covid-19 frontline workers are paid $13 daily wage

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Published on 21/12/2020

This video has circulated online since March 2020 -- months before the Diwali festival in November

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Indian farmers protests
Published on 21/12/2020

This photo has circulated online since 2013 in reports about a protest in London, not India

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Published on 21/12/2020

Doctored image of Sri Lankan newspaper shares false quote from Buddhist monk about export of meat

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Published on 18/12/2020

Canada ordered hydraulic guillotines to cut paper, not heads

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Vaccines
Published on 18/12/2020

Nurse’s collapse does not mean Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe

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Covid-19
Published on 18/12/2020

Social media posts inaccurately compare Covid-19 vaccines to 1950s-era drug

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Published on 18/12/2020

This video shows a boy reciting the Koran in Zanzibar, not Indonesia's Papua region

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Published on 18/12/2020

These photos actually show a figurine of an ancient mythical creature made by a Spanish artist

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Published on 18/12/2020

This image shows an art installation by an Australian artist

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Covid-19
Published on 18/12/2020

Old photos circulated in misleading social media posts about Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial volunteers developing facial paralysis

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Covid-19
Published on 18/12/2020

Misleading claim circulates online in Thailand that high air pollution will significantly increase the country’s Covid-19 mortality rate

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 18/12/2020

Image shows former head of Rwanda's presidential guard being arrested, not a TPLF leader

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Published on 18/12/2020

Misleading claim circulates online about security concerns for new Thai banknotes

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Covid-19
Published on 17/12/2020

US medical association did not change stance on hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment

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Published on 17/12/2020

False claims of deadly strike on Chinese troops in US spread online

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