Switzerland footage misrepresented in false posts about foreigners, California fires
As deadly wildfires raged through Los Angeles, California in January 2025, social media users claimed a video showed ...
Canada PM without seat can observe, not debate in Parliament
If Mark Carney wins the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership race, he would become prime minister without being a member of ...
Old photos falsely linked to baseless claims of 'Chinese spy arrests' in S.Korea
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his failed martial law bid by rehashing baseless claims of voter ...
Video from September 2024 shows 16 abducted children found in Nigeria, not 200
Social media users in Nigeria have shared a video in January 2025 claiming it showed 200 missing children who were found in a ...
Old video surfaces with false claim it shows 'Muslims praying during LA fires'
As deadly wildfires wreaked havoc in a wide area of Los Angeles in January 2025, social media users have shared an old video ...
AI-generated clips shared as 'real footage' of Los Angeles wildfires
As deadly wildfires obliterated neighbourhoods across Los Angeles, AI-generated clips of the inferno circulated in social ...
Colonial-era wigs were never part of Burkina Faso’s courtroom attire
Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially banned ...
Posts falsely claim Djibouti foreign minister drops out of African Union race
With just weeks to go to the African Union (AU) election, posts circulating online are claiming Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf has withdrawn from the race for the ...