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Published on 27/10/2020

No, these photos actually show a scene from a Syrian television drama series

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EndSARS protests
Published on 27/10/2020

This road was vandalised in South Africa and not by protesters in Nigeria

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US elections 2020
Published on 26/10/2020

It is not Joe Biden’s policy to ban fracking

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EndSARS protests
Published on 26/10/2020

The footage from 2017 is unrelated to protests against police brutality in Nigeria

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Published on 26/10/2020

No recent statements on Ethiopia have been issued by the EU, as this doctored image claims

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EndSARS protests
Published on 26/10/2020

This image shows an actor on a movie set, not a man shot during Nigeria protests

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Covid-19
Published on 26/10/2020

Experts say wearing face masks does not cause neurological damage

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Published on 26/10/2020

Misleading claim spreads online that majority of sanitary towels in South Korea contain cancer-causing chemicals

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Published on 26/10/2020

These photos show a fire in South Korea’s Ulsan that broke out two days before the Myanmar boy band’s performance in the city

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Published on 26/10/2020

These photos do not show skylines under different prime ministers in Thailand -- they were taken in Singapore

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Covid-19
Published on 26/10/2020

Hoax circulates online that Sri Lankan opposition party offered quarantine facilities in coronavirus hotspots

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Published on 26/10/2020

This video of Mike Tyson offering Islamic prayer was filmed in his private gym

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Published on 26/10/2020

This video shows a former Indonesian fisheries minister speaking to fishermen in 2018, not to workers in 2020

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Black Lives Matter
Published on 23/10/2020

Michigan kidnap plotters not members of Antifa or BLM: AG’s office

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

Rumours of Nigerian leader’s death spread again in wake of slow response to #EndSARS protests

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

The photo shows Muslims killed at a 2018 rally in Abuja, not EndSARS protest victims

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

This photo is from a play and does not show a dead Nigerian protester

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Published on 23/10/2020

Misleading claim circulates online that Australian state leader would travel to AFL final, skipping quarantine

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Published on 23/10/2020

No, this footage has circulated since 2019 in reports about a crocodile in west India

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Published on 23/10/2020

Social media posts share misleading claim that Australia’s Victoria state premier has a net worth of $91 million

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US elections 2020
Published on 23/10/2020

The final 2020 presidential debate

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Published on 23/10/2020

The photo was published in 2016 in a report about a monk at a protest in Sri Lanka

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Covid-19
Published on 23/10/2020

Bacterial pneumonia, a complication of influenza, not linked to mask wearing

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Published on 22/10/2020

The girl in this outdated missing person’s alert was murdered six years ago

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Covid-19
Published on 22/10/2020

False claim circulates online that British research company Ipsos MORI derives its name from Latin for ‘they die’

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Published on 22/10/2020

This clip has circulated in reports since 2017 about flooding at an airport in Mexico

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Published on 22/10/2020

Photo of former Thai PM’s ex-wife wearing pro-monarchy yellow shared in misleading context after pro-democracy protests

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Published on 22/10/2020

Doctored video purports to show Pakistani opposition leader incorrectly guessing price of groceries

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