As relations soured between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, a manipulated news report surfaced in posts that claimed an ally of the powerful Duterte family topped a survey of preferred candidates for the archipelago’s next presidential election in 2028. Broadcaster ABS-CBN denied publishing the supposed report while polling body Pulse Asia Research told […]
Israel for the first time has released its estimated civilian death toll in Gaza, saying that 16,000 have been killed in the war that began on Oct. 7 instead of the approximately 35,000 that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’ Ministry of Health is claiming. Israel government spokesperson Avi Hyman tells Fox News that for 221 […]
The claim: Congress is considering a bill that would criminalize questioning 9/11 An April 29 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a supposed news article that claims certain kinds of speech about the 9/11 terror attacks would be outlawed under a new congressional proposal. “Congress to vote on bill that would […]
South Korea’s election commission said polls that handed a stinging defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s party were closely monitored, contrary to social media posts that presented baseless voter figures as evidence of tampering. The figures, which purported to show that more than 95 percent of overseas voters backed the opposition party, are not based […]
US broadcaster CNN did not report that a ship loaded with Chinese goods “attacked” a bridge in a midwestern city, contrary to social media posts sharing a fabricated screenshot. The image was doctored using footage from a bridge collapse in the eastern city of Baltimore in March 2024. “US CNN: A cargo ship loaded with Chinese […]
A video featuring various unrelated images of ships has been viewed tens of thousands of times in posts in the Philippines that falsely claimed the South Korean coastguard “confronted” the “Chinese militia” in the South China Sea. The baseless claim circulated online after South Korea’s foreign ministry expressed concern following a collision between Chinese and […]
False posts in the Philippines repeatedly shared a fabricated report that claimed the archipelago’s fighter jets destroyed “300 Chinese fishing vessels” in the South China Sea in January 2024. While there have been tense standoffs between Manila and Beijing in the waterway recently, the incident described in posts did not happen, Philippine military officials told […]
Ahead of Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election, a video was shared thousands of times alongside a false claim that it showed the final poll results for overseas Indonesians living in six countries in Asia and the Middle East. The clip appeared to show Prabowo Subianto leading the count. The count of overseas votes would begin only on […]
Anti-migrant sentiment in South Africa continues to spread on social media as the country prepares for national elections this year. Posts have emerged claiming that an image shows an elderly woman arrested for using counterfeit money she had received from her Nigerian future son-in-law. This is false: police confirmed the claim was fabricated while the […]