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Macron-Modi Meeting: Debunking Viral Misleading Claims
After the international AI summit in Paris, media outlets and social media accounts linked to the Russian government circulated a video claiming that French President Emmanuel…
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Iranian television broadcasts barrage of misinformation to present Ronaldo as pro-Palestine
With eight textbook examples of misinformation in just two minutes, the Iranian public television channel IRIB broadcast a report on the football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on…
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Beware of fake videos circulating that claim to show a Chinese rocket
Ever since authorities announced that a Chinese rocket would fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry last weekend, many fake videos of this incident have…
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Afghan Police published US Marines video presented as their army striking the Taliban
On October 12, the Afghan National Police posted a video on Facebook that they said showed Afghan helicopters bombing Taliban positions in Helmand province. The conflict…
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Online videos falsely claim that face masks can cause CO2 poisoning
To wear a mask or not to, that is the question that has been fiercely debated online since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of…
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How do governments push false news about Covid-19?
In this episode of Misinfodemia, Seema Yasmin talks to me about how governments push false news and how social media platforms both help and hinder the fight to…
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Pro-regime Iranians circulate fake video to promote the death sentence for three activists
Iran’s Supreme Court announced on July 10 that three men who had participated in protests against the government last November had been sentenced to death. Many…
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No, this video does not show a friendly fire incident by the Iranian navy
On May 10 Iran's navy tested an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Oman, but something went wrong and the missile hit a support vessel, killing…
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Investigation: videos reveal location of mass drowning on Iran-Afghan border
Dozens of Afghan migrants are feared dead after Iranian border guards allegedly forced them into a river on the Iran-Afghan border on May 1. Of the…
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Did these Chinese doctors’ skin turn black after getting Covid-19? There’s more to this story…
Photos of two Chinese doctors who survived Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, are circulating widely on social media and news outlets around the world. The photos are…
