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Misleading: Photo of USSR flag-waving protestors not related to this year’s BLM movement

Misleading: Photo of USSR flag-waving protestors not related to this year’s BLM movement

The two-year-old image has been used misleadingly by activists and politicians, sometimes in comparison with the protests in Hong Kong.
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Sophie Mak
No evidence: China is not suspending passport renewal to force Chinese nationals overseas to return

No evidence: China is not suspending passport renewal to force Chinese nationals overseas to return

Dozens of Chinese embassies around the world are not processing passport renewals due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Natsuki Arita
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines not ready for clinical comparison or pricing

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines not ready for clinical comparison or pricing

Two vaccines for COVID-19 are still in the experimental stage and nobody can determine their price or effectiveness right now.
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Stephanie Chan
False: Microbiologist Yuen did not comment on holding Legco election during outbreak

False: Microbiologist Yuen did not comment on holding Legco election during outbreak

The claim is groundless. Yuen Kwok-yung has never discussed upcoming election while Hong Kong is going through the third wave of COVID-19.
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Mandy Fung
False: Gargling with salt water or drinking Pu’er tea won’t prevent COVID-19 infection

False: Gargling with salt water or drinking Pu’er tea won’t prevent COVID-19 infection

At the moment there is no known substance that can kill the novel coronavirus in the human body.
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Ada Jiang
False: Image of flooded dormitory room is old and digitally manipulated

False: Image of flooded dormitory room is old and digitally manipulated

The objects in the water appear to have been digitally added as many of them are identical duplicates.
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Stephanie Chan
False: Reposting ‘legal statements’ does not exempt users from Facebook’s Terms of Service

False: Reposting ‘legal statements’ does not exempt users from Facebook’s Terms of Service

This is a recurring chain letter hoax that has been debunked by several fact-checking organizations.
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Ada Jiang
Misleading: Some photos and videos are not related to ‘grain stock fires’ in Chinese cities

Misleading: Some photos and videos are not related to ‘grain stock fires’ in Chinese cities

The photo was shot in the US and the video was filmed last year at a cooking oil storehouse.
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Ada Jiang
Misleading: This photo does not show ‘anti-police education’ in a classroom

Misleading: This photo does not show ‘anti-police education’ in a classroom

The event took place in the foyer of the Admiralty Centre shopping arcade, not in a school of any kind, in 2014.
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Sammy Heung
False: Video depicting bus passengers screaming in terror is manipulated

False: Video depicting bus passengers screaming in terror is manipulated

The audio track of panic-struck passenger voices was taken from a different video clip and added to this one.
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Joshua Lee
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