A video circulating online does not show a member of India’s opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) being attacked by an aide of the party’s leader Arvind Kejriwal. A police spokesman said it was filmed at a court family mediation centre before parliament member Swati Maliwal alleged she was attacked. “This was bound to happen, Swati […]
After reports emerged that an Iran-backed group said they launched a drone strike in southern Israel in May 2024, an old picture of a huge explosion resurfaced in a false context in Thai social media posts about the reported attack. The picture was actually taken by an AFP photographer in March 2019 and shows an […]
Two pictures of what appear to be a burned village resurfaced in Burmese-language Facebook posts that falsely claimed they show the aftermath of a military bombardment in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state in February 2024. The pictures, however, previously appeared in posts about an air strike near Myanmar’s border with Thailand in November 2022. The pictures […]
Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to sharks preying on sailors as early as the eighth century B.C.E. Relayed back to land, stories about shark encounters have been embellished and amplified. Together with the fact that from time to time – very rarely – […]