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Exaggerated claims about Russia’s cancer vaccine Enteromix have been shared across Africa. Oncology vaccine specialists explain that it is too early to tell how well it might work. Read more: u.afp.com/Enteromix
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❌ India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi visited Malaysia's Langkawi for a holiday, but this picture apparently showing him with controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is digitally manipulated u.afp.com/EditedRahulZak…
Posts say this video shows military trucks deployed during an anti-corruption rally in the Philippine capital Manila this month. We found it is from an event in the archipelago's south u.afp.com/MilitaryTrucks
🇵🇭 Clips of protests in Sri Lanka and Nepal have been falsely shared as demonstrations against bogus flood control projects in the Philippines u.afp.com/NotPhilippineP…
🇵🇭 Old photos of roads cracked and split by earthquakes have resurfaced in posts falsely linking them to a ballooning scandal involving public works projects in the Philippines u.afp.com/OldQuakeDamage
"Disinformation" is fast becoming a dirty word in the United States -- a label so contentious in a hyperpolarized political climate that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether u.afp.com/Disinformation…
This clip has circulated on social media as 'proof' that 🇵🇭Philippine protesters were paid to take part in the anti-corruption rally -- it is actually an advert for a local clothing brand factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.76…
This April 2024 clip showing people struggling against heavy winds at a Chinese train station has been misrepresented online as Typhoon Ragasa u.afp.com/NotRagasa
No link between MMR vaccine and autism, despite researcher's arrest u.afp.com/NoLinkMMRAutism
🇳🇬 The Nigerian police have long been criticised for taking bribes. However, a social media post claiming the government is planning to remove pockets from police uniforms to tackle bribery is false. Read more: u.afp.com/pockets
France's critics in the Sahel often use disinformation in their messaging about the former colonial power, like a recent post misrepresenting a helicopter rescue in Oman as footage of the French military supplying 'terrorists' in Mali. u.afp.com/SWWR
Posts falsely claim this clip of heavy clouds drifting over a city shows Typhoon Ragasa approaching southern China. The video is old and we've geolocated it to eastern Fujian province u.afp.com/OldTimelapse
This image shared in Korean-language posts that purportedly shows Charlie Kirk's funeral in New York City is AI-generated u.afp.com/AIFuneralProce…
Visuals of a massive sinkhole that swallowed up part of a busy Bangkok road have been beamed around the world, but this image circulating on social media that purportedly shows crowds gathered around the caved-in street is AI-generated u.afp.com/AISinkholeImage
This video does not show a rally against Indian leader Narendra Modi in Manipur state early this month. It depicts protesters against a Muslim land bill in April in West Bengal's capital Kolkata u.afp.com/KolkataRally
Ahead of Moldova's parliamentary elections, deepfake videos and unsubstantiated accusations targeting pro-EU President Maia Sandu are spreading online, with analysts warning the country has become Moscow's "testing ground" for information warfare in Europe u.afp.com/MoldovanElecti…
This video of a burning police station in Nepal has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it shows a blaze in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka u.afp.com/NepalFireVideo
This image does not show the far-right rally in London on Sept 13 -- it shows signs it was made with AI, and was shared before the demonstration factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.76…
Two clips have circulated on social media with a false claim they showed clashes and a police crackdown at a student council election at a university in 🇧🇩Bangladesh -- both videos actually predate the poll u.afp.com/OldBangladeshP…
US President Donald Trump falsely claimed Amish people living in the United States "have essentially no autism" during a White House announcement billed as offering findings on causes and treatments for the neurological and developmental disorder u.afp.com/AmishAutism
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