Altered image of Iranian boat falsely linked to conflict in western Myanmar
A photo of a boat flying the flags of Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been altered and shared on Burmese ...
Video shows non-fatal fire at Indonesian boarding school in July, not 'September blaze that killed five'
A video taken after a fire at an Islamic boarding school in Bogor regency in Indonesia's West Java province has been shared repeatedly alongside a false claim the blaze killed five students in ...
Video shows fireworks display in Algeria, not Iran's attack on Israel
A video of a fireworks display in the Algerian capital of Algiers in 2020 has been viewed tens of thousands of times in posts ...
Fabricated image of Hurricane Helene flooding spreads online
After Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern United States with high winds and flooding in late September 2024, social ...
Posts misconstrue potential changes to gender markers on Toronto forms
Toronto city officials are considering a recommendation to remove the terms "male" and "female" from a recreation booking ...
Old clip shows Nigerian maritime disaster, not Huthi attack on Israeli ship
The Yemen-based Huthi group has been attacking shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they call a show of ...
Posts circulating in Ethiopia make misleading claims about tensions in the Horn of Africa
Tensions are increasing in the Horn of Africa where a dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia over access to the Red Sea has ...
Posts falsely claim to show attack on US forces in Baghdad
A facility housing US personnel in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad came under fire September 30, 2024 as the conflict between ...
Rescue footage misrepresented as North Carolina flooding aftermath
As Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern United States in late September 2024, a video purportedly showing a rescue ...
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 ...
Doctored image circulates in posts about 'protest sign demanding South Korean politicians' arrest'
An old image of a protest sign suspended from two airborne balloons that called for the arrest of former South Korean ...
False claims about 'aspirational' UN pact spread online
The UN General Assembly has adopted the Pact for the Future, a 56-point blueprint for tackling issues such as climate change, ...