Old campaign event clip misleadingly shared as 'Indonesian president-elect choosing cabinet'
An old video of Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has been shared in social media posts that misleadingly claimed ...
Video of pope's East Timor visit falsely linked to Indian Muslims' protest
A video filmed during Pope Francis' visit to East Timor has been shared hundreds of times with a false claim that it shows a ...
Video shows migrants in a seaside town in Spain, not on Greek island of Samos
Samos is one of the Greek islands closest to Turkey and an important entry point for migrants coming to Europe. Since 2021, ...
Video shows Borussia Dortmund fans in Germany, not rally in support of monarchies
A video of yellow-shirted football fans marching down a street has been shared in Thai social media posts that falsely ...
Photo shows asylum seekers on a boat off the coast of north Africa, not Vietnamese refugees in 1975
An image showing asylum seekers rescued by the Italian navy off the coast of north Africa has been repeatedly shared ...
Local governorship election in Nigeria fuels misleading claims
Voters in Nigeria’s Edo state elected a new governor on September 21, 2024 — an event that led to false and misleading claims on social media. Photos purportedly showing disruptions in certain parts ...
Posts falsely blame HAARP research project for Hurricane Helene
As a massive hurricane thrashed the southeastern United States in late September 2024, social media posts claimed Democrats ...
Trump amplifies cherry-picked US migrant crime data
Amid intense debate over illegal immigration in the US election, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his ...
Animated plane crash video misrepresented as Brazilian air disaster
Videos showing dramatic plane crashes regularly go viral on social media -- but sometimes, they are computer-generated scenes ...