AFP Fact Check 🔎 @AFPFactCheck
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🚕 Unrest in South Africa's informal public transport sector has people fearing for their lives, but posts claiming police rescued a pregnant woman from violent taxi drivers are misleading. The hoax claim is circulating with images and video from 2023. u.afp.com/Sddt
#EnglishPremierLeague club captains agreed they will start wearing armbands with only the league's logo after a partnership with a LGBTQ charity ended, not because the league had banned rainbow-coloured armbands as suggested on social media u.afp.com/RainbowArmbands
As Hindus mark the #GaneshChaturthi festival, this clip has circulated online with a false claim it showed the world's largest clay idol -- it is in fact made with AI u.afp.com/AIIdolClip
A video purports to show Tim Walz dancing on an escalator while wearing an explicit anti-Donald Trump T-shirt. But the clip is altered, with the Minnesota governor's face superimposed on the body of a TikTok creator. u.afp.com/NotTimWalzDanc…
This clip of a flooded temple was filmed in Thailand, not Cambodia as social media posts claim u.afp.com/SukhothaiFlood
Nigeria's tax system works on a sliding scale. Recent changes mean annual incomes below 800,000 naira (about $522) are tax-exempt, but claims that anything above this amount is automatically taxed at 20 percent are false. Read more u.afp.com/SdNW
Supporters of Sri Lanka's ex-president, who was arrested on charges of misusing public funds, rallied in Colombo during his bail hearing in late August. However, images shared that day are from protests that predate his arrest u.afp.com/ColomboProtest
This video does not show immigrants marching in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 In fact, it is an annual religious procession u.afp.com/NotImmigrantPr…
🇰🇷 An image from Lee Jae Myung's Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump has been altered to denigrate the new South Korean president's administration. The original does not show his chief of staff holding a selfie stick u.afp.com/SdGE
An old photo was misrepresented as showing a car accident involving Rudy Giuliani. Reverse image search reveals the picture is from a 2024 crash in California. u.afp.com/NotGuilianiCra…
Video of US President Donald Trump giving Kenya's former deputy leader Rigathi Gachagua an Oval Office dressing down is a mash-up of old, unrelated clips combined with AI-generated audio u.afp.com/SdS6
🦟 Amid a Chikungunya outbreak in South China & HK, misinformation is spreading fast. Prof. Hein Min Tun @TheTunLab debunks the viral myth with @AFPFactCheck : ants don’t repel mosquitoes and can even harm your skin. Stick to proven methods. 🛡️ 🔗 sphpc.cuhk.edu.hk/in-the-news
An image shared on social media that purportedly shows US President Donald Trump reacting angrily to news of impeached former South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol's detention is doctored u.afp.com/AlteredTrumpLe…
Strikingly lifelike videos featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments can be found across social media -- but they are entirely fake, generated by AI tools increasingly used to spread sexist content. Read more: u.afp.com/SdoW
As China prepares a military parade marking 80 years since the end of World War II, social media users have claimed this picture shows Yukio Hatoyama at a memorial in Nanjing. It actually shows the ex-Japanese PM in Seoul u.afp.com/HatoyamaInSeoul
Ride-hailing drivers have joined recent protests in Indonesia, but a video of a motorcycle convoy shows a different rally in East Java in May u.afp.com/MotorbikeProte…
This clip does not show Bihar locals attacking members of India's ruling BJP ahead of a state election expected later this year -- it actually shows a fight in another state in 2022 u.afp.com/NotAttackonBJP…
⚠️ These videos show people securing spots to watch a flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square, not protests over the Chinese government "wasting taxpayers' money" on a military parade marking 80 years since the end of World War II u.afp.com/NotParadeProte…
⚠️ Indonesia has seen days of unrest as protests against financial perks for lawmakers spiralled into violence, but this video of a purported student march in Indonesia is in fact AI-generated u.afp.com/AIJakartaProte…
❌ This video compilation is unrelated to monsoon rains in northwest Pakistan, as posts online claim. It features AI-generated imagery and unrelated footage of flooding and fog in other locations u.afp.com/SArh
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