Claim: A viral video shows a large crowd gathered on Mount Everest for Kamala Harris’ rally. Fact: The video is AI-generated. On 15 August, X (formerly Twitter) user @Alphafox78 shared a video (archive) showing a huge crowd, some holding banners, apparently at a rally on Mount Everest that was hosted by Harris. The caption added, […]
Claim: Protesters burn the Indian flag in Dhaka, Bangladesh, while holding India responsible for recent floods in the country. Fact: The image is from 2009 when Muslims in Srinagar, in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, burned the flag to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day. On 24 August, Threads user @farjana_afrin_tanha claimed (archive), “BREAKING: Indian flag burned […]
Claim: A video shows Bangladesh’s defence minister and its former army chief hung on a bridge amid the student-led protests in August 2024. Fact: The clip does not show Bangladesh’s defence minister and its former army chief, but two unidentified individuals in the Baipayl area of its capital Dhaka. In fact, the defence ministry portfolio […]
Claim: A picture shows Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein posing together. Fact: The image is doctored. It actually shows Harris with her husband, Douglas Emhoff. On 22 July 2024, Facebook user ‘April Lynn’ posted (archive) a visual containing a photo allegedly showing US Vice President Kamala Harris and the late Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire financier […]
Claim: A video shows the building where Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran. Fact: The building in the video is not linked to the assassination of the Hamas leader. The video shows the building of the Iranian consulate damaged after Israel’s airstrike in April 2024. On 31 July 2024, an X (formerly Twitter) account […]
Claim: A video shows Hamas supporters in Brussels protesting over Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination. Fact: The video is from October 2022 when pro-Palestinian groups protested in Brussels to show support for Palestinians’ right to freedom. On 2 August, X user @visegrad24 posted (archive) a video which showed protests in Brussels after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh […]
Claim: A viral photo shows protesters sleeping in the bed of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. Fact: The viral photo shows Sri Lankan demonstrators sleeping on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s bed at the President’s house in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 July 2022. Following news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, several photos from the […]
Claim: Elon Musk alleged that Google has banned searches for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, preventing users from finding relevant results when searching for Trump’s name. Fact: Musk’s assertion is false. Donald J Trump can be searched on Google in the United States of America; his name has not been banned. On 29 July 2024, […]
Claim: A video and photograph show Southport stabbing suspect. Fact: The video and photo actually depict an attacker who knifed toddlers in the French mountain town of Annecy in June 2023. Content Warning: Some posts linked in this article include graphic images of children which some readers may find distressing. In the […]
Claim: A 17-year-old asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat in 2023 was responsible for the mass stabbing that left 3 young girls dead in Southport. Fact: The prime suspect is not an asylum seeker and was born in Cardiff, Wales. On 29 July 2024, social media was abuzz with widespread misinformation about […]
Claim: A picture shows a US-flagged ship that was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis in July 2024. Fact: The picture does not depict a US-flagged ship. In fact, it is an old image of the Kharg, an Iranian navy vessel, that sank after catching fire in June 2021. On 9 July 2024, X (formerly Twitter) account […]
Claim: A video shows a man garbed in a niqab getting caught red-handed for attempting to kidnap a child. Fact: The clip is scripted and was created by Indian YouTuber Ankur Jatuskarn in 2023. It has been debunked several times before. On 3 July 2024, X (formerly Twitter) account @EuropeInvasionn posted (archive) a video showing […]