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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.
Annie Lab
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。
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.
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.
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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.
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.
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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。
Annie Lab
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…
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
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.
Annie Lab
Nov 2, 2022
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