May 23, 2024 The German government did not “admit” there was no coronavirus pandemic, contrary to social media posts that misrepresented documents from the country’s disease control agency. The baseless claim, which is the latest reincarnation of a conspiracy theory that the virus was faked, appeared to originate on a website that regularly peddles misinformation. […]
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May 21, 2024 A picture taken from a music video appearing to show astronauts posing on the Moon with their helmets off was falsely presented in Chinese social media posts as evidence the United States staged a lunar landing. The posts surfaced in May 2024 as China launched a probe to collect samples from the
Image from German music video falsely shared as proof of ‘fake Moon landing’ Read More »
May 7, 2024 An old video showing a massive crowd demonstrating against a far-right party in Germany has resurfaced in Chinese social media posts viewed hundreds of thousands of times that falsely claimed it showed pro-Palestinian protests on a US college campus. The video was in fact filmed in Hamburg in January 2024 and is
April 7, 2024 After Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024, critics of the former president started sharing a photo from the incident alongside a supposedly similar image of Adolf Hitler as evidence the shooting was staged. However, experts said the picture of the German leader has
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February 16, 2024 Rallies have been held around the world to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. But footage of a massive demonstration in the German city of Hamburg has been falsely linked to support for Palestinians — it was actually filmed at a January 2024 protest against the far-right
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February 1, 2024 A video shared across platforms claims to show 20 miles of tractors and trucks affiliated with the so-called “Take Our Border Back” convoy in the US state of Texas. But the clip predates the American truckers’ journey and depicts farmers in Germany protesting plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture. “Thank you,
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February 1, 2024 A photo of South Korea’s ruling party chief has replaced a German far-right politician in a doctored cover of news weekly Der Spiegel that appeared to hail Han Dong-hoon as the East Asian country’s answer to John F. Kennedy. The manipulated image — shared by supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk
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October 3, 2023 A photo of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaking to an almost empty conference hall has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it shows Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The picture, which shows Scholz speaking at the United Nations, drew media attention in Germany, with commentators saying it suggested nobody was interested
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September 26, 2023 Kenyan marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon for a record fifth time on September 24, 2023. After his much-celebrated victory, social media posts emerged online with an image of a street sign in the German capital purportedly bearing Kipchoge’s name. Some claimed the Kenyan was being honoured for his
PR campaign behind brief ‘renaming’ of Berlin Street after a Kenyan marathon champion Read More »
August 31, 2023 After the Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at its boats in August 2023, unrelated clips of fighter jets surfaced in posts that falsely claim they show Germany supplying the Philippines with military weapons against China. But German and Philippine officials said no such weapons deal had happened. Multiple
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