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Covid-19
Published on 20/10/2020

Misleading claim circulates online that suspected coronavirus patients fled bus after road accident in Sri Lanka

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US elections 2020
Published on 19/10/2020

Photo of 2018 Swiss music festival falsely shared as Florida Trump rally

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US elections 2020
Published on 19/10/2020

Eric Trump pushes misleading corruption claim over former Biden home

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Published on 19/10/2020

Online posts pass off an AFP photo from 2012 as a recent image of protests in Nigeria

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Published on 19/10/2020

This photo shows pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong in 2019

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Published on 19/10/2020

This video actually shows a protester kicking away a tear gas canister in Beirut in 2019

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Published on 19/10/2020

This photo is not a winner in the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards contest, which has no selfie category

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Published on 19/10/2020

This clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a video game

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Covid-19
Published on 16/10/2020

Misleading description of Canada’s quarantine sites feeds Covid-19 conspiracy

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Published on 16/10/2020

This picture shows vintage cars once owned by a shipping magnate in France -- not the garage of a Nigerian politician

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Published on 16/10/2020

CNN anchor did not condemn Nigeria police unit, Covid-19; photo is doctored

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Published on 16/10/2020

This image of the funeral procession for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2016 has been doctored

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Published on 16/10/2020

These photos do not show shoes and bottles being thrown at the royal motorcade in October 2020

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Published on 16/10/2020

Viral online posts claiming MSG is unsafe for consumption omit important context

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Published on 16/10/2020

No, this photo shows a South African white king protea flower

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Published on 16/10/2020

The footage circulated in 2019 in reports about spectators at a military performance in Russia

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Published on 16/10/2020

Misleading posts claim rickshaw seizure happened in India -- but the video actually shows an eviction drive in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Published on 16/10/2020

Misleading claim circulates online that excessive soybean consumption can increase risk of Parkinson’s disease

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Published on 16/10/2020

Post falsely claims Trump died of Covid-19

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US elections 2020
Published on 15/10/2020

US Postal Service says it will deliver ballots with insufficient postage

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Published on 15/10/2020

This video shows a Philippine senator celebrating her birthday in 2015, not at a prison party in 2020

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Published on 15/10/2020

This footage shows Indonesian Islamists protesting presidential election results in 2019

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Covid-19
Published on 15/10/2020

New hoax shared in Sri Lanka suggests WHO approved water, salt and vinegar remedy for coronavirus

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Published on 15/10/2020

A photo of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi campaigning in 2019 is being shared in a misleading context after a high profile India rape case

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Published on 15/10/2020

The image has been doctored -- the original photo shows police protesting an unrelated issue in 2019

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Published on 15/10/2020

False claim circulates on Facebook that authorities announced Myanmar will acquire Covid-19 vaccine before end of 2020

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Published on 15/10/2020

This image of Sri Lanka's prime minister with the former Chinese foreign minister has been doctored

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Published on 15/10/2020

False claim circulates online that Rahul Gandhi called himself India’s ‘biggest fool’ during speech

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