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  • Misleading: These images of street sign and police are not related to China’s COVID-19 protests

    Misleading: These images of street sign and police are not related to China’s COVID-19 protests

    Wulumuqi Zhong Road in Shanghai has not been renamed. The image of a police officer holding a “white paper” comes from a 2021 video.
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    Dec 27, 2022
    误导:网传中国公厕有人看管的照片为旧图 与近期公厕抗议字句无关

    误导:网传中国公厕有人看管的照片为旧图 与近期公厕抗议字句无关

    此照片早于2010年已在网上流传,其后多次被不同博主引用,发文讨论中国公厕卫生条件状况。
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    Annie Lab
    Dec 20, 2022
    Misleading: Group singing of ‘The Internationale’ was performed in 2021 as celebration, not…

    Misleading: Group singing of ‘The Internationale’ was performed in 2021 as celebration, not…

    The video was produced last July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
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    Annie Lab
    Dec 7, 2022
    Misleading: Liaison Office photo was taken months before Jiang Zemin’s death

    Misleading: Liaison Office photo was taken months before Jiang Zemin’s death

    The viral photo is a screen capture of a TV news report in April. Many people in Hong Kong also paid their respects to Jiang Zemin.
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    Dec 4, 2022
    Misleading: Video shows Chengdu Marathon, not people taking PCR tests in China

    Misleading: Video shows Chengdu Marathon, not people taking PCR tests in China

    The video shows marathon participants waiting for the start on Nov. 20, 2022.
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    Dec 3, 2022
    False: Elon Musk’s ‘buying TikTok’ tweet was created by modifying HTML

    False: Elon Musk’s ‘buying TikTok’ tweet was created by modifying HTML

    The user who made the fake tweet says it was created by changing HTML codes.
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    Nov 25, 2022
    Misleading: Video shows Yiwu market in Shenzhen, not Zhejiang’s world’s largest wholesale market

    Misleading: Video shows Yiwu market in Shenzhen, not Zhejiang’s world’s largest wholesale market

    The video has nothing to do with the famous Yiwu International Trade City in Zhejiang, also known as the Yiwu market, which was locked down
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    Nov 22, 2022
    Misleading: Image of peacocks wrapped in cardboard has nothing to do with COVID-19 test

    Misleading: Image of peacocks wrapped in cardboard has nothing to do with COVID-19 test

    This photo was posted in March 2019, months before the pandemic began, when the birds were brought to the Yunnan Arts University in China.
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    Nov 21, 2022
    Misleading: Kids spacesuit is for celebrating China’s space mission, not for preventing COVID-19

    Misleading: Kids spacesuit is for celebrating China’s space mission, not for preventing COVID-19

    Many children wore spacesuit costumes at school’s sporting events to celebrate China’s successful launch of Shenzhou-12 and 13.
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    Nov 21, 2022
    False: This video shows fire in Daegu, not near Halloween crowd crush at Itaewon in Seoul

    False: This video shows fire in Daegu, not near Halloween crowd crush at Itaewon in Seoul

    The fire in Daegu, a city about 240 kilometers from Seoul, broke out on the same night the widely-reported crowd surge occurred in Itaewon.
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    Annie Lab
    Nov 19, 2022
    Misleading: This ‘eerie’ video does not show people following China’s strict COVID rules

    Misleading: This ‘eerie’ video does not show people following China’s strict COVID rules

    There were two pieces of footage. One shows students in raincoats, and the other shows construction workers building a makeshift hospital.
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    Nov 17, 2022
    Misleading: This photo has nothing to do with protest messages in China’s public bathrooms | annie…

    Misleading: This photo has nothing to do with protest messages in China’s public bathrooms | annie…

    The photo first appeared more than a decade ago. It was used in multiple blog posts discussing the conditions of public toilets in China.
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    Nov 16, 2022
    誤導:媒體報道廣州封控示威誤用2017年清遠衝突短片

    誤導:媒體報道廣州封控示威誤用2017年清遠衝突短片

    英國廣播公司、《衛報》、半島電視台等多個媒體報道廣州封控時,誤把一個5年前廣東清遠居民反對興建垃圾焚燒廠的示威片段,當成廣州市民示威場景。
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    Nov 16, 2022
    Misleading: Media’s Guangzhou protest coverage includes old video from 2017

    Misleading: Media’s Guangzhou protest coverage includes old video from 2017

    BBC, Al Jazeera and other news organizations included old footage from Qingyuan that has nothing to do with the recent protests in…
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    Nov 15, 2022
    False: Video shows fire in Hebei, not Beijing’s Xizhimen Hotel

    False: Video shows fire in Hebei, not Beijing’s Xizhimen Hotel

    The fire occurred in the Nanxinglong residential area in the city of Chengde in Hebei province.
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    Nov 6, 2022
    False: This image of Greta Thunberg’s ‘weight gain’ is also doctored

    False: This image of Greta Thunberg’s ‘weight gain’ is also doctored

    The new viral photo manipulated a picture uploaded four years ago. Recent news photos do not show any major changes in her appearance.
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    Annie Lab
    Nov 2, 2022
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