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Fact-check Editor @annielab_jmsc and Assistant Lecturer @HKU Journalism | Former China Correspondent and podcast host for @SCMPNews 前南華早報中國組記者
Hong Kong
Joined December 2009
Annie Lab found posts on X - alleging "irreversible Islamization" in #France after a local #Muslim community prayed on open streets - are out of context. The video taken in 2017 shows a protest against the closure of a prayer hall.
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The 2017 clip shows Muslims praying in the street as a form of protest against the closure of a popular prayer hall in Paris.
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Tweets falsely claimed Chinese President #XiJinping didn't attend "the 2nd #APEC2023 group photo" after being left out from center stage in the previous one. However, the photo in question was only for #IPEF member nations. #China is not an IPEF member. https://t.co/VZJN9qpZvA
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The photo op was for the 14 member countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, of which China is not a member. The IPEF meeting was held on the sidelines of APEC.
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Videos with fabricated Chinese subtitles alleged that #Putin warns Israeli invaders to cease slaughtering in #Gaza and condemns #Israel’s action as “genocide.” But Putin was actually addressing issues of Wagner and military operations in Ukraine instead. https://t.co/Zvb1eZCHNi
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Putin’s speeches in the viral videos were given months before the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The Russian president did not threaten Israel or said Russia would join the war.
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#中國 前總理 #李克強 上月底去世後，社交媒體上廣泛流傳3段影片，聲稱有大量民眾聚集於 #天安門廣場 ，並有過萬名司機圍繞北京市區路段鳴笛悼念懷緬李克強。經查核，Annie Lab確認這些影片拍攝時間分別距離李克強去世前至少3周以上，而內容實為國慶及哀悼新冠逝者活動。 https://t.co/JoIpt7oRd9
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其中兩段影片攝於李克強去世逾3周前的十一國慶；而另一片段則攝於2020年全國哀悼新冠肺炎逝者活動。
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Did Ukrainian media really manipulate #Zelenskyy’s speech to make it look like he had a larger audience in the #UN? @Annielab_jmsc found that the video was doctored to mimic a Ukrainian media’s live stream through multiple audiovisual discrepancies. https://t.co/xHg7bIOwwU
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Annie Lab looked into the original livestream by the Ukrainian channel and found stark audio-visual discrepancies between that and the widely circulated video on X purportedly showing the doctored …
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A post on X claims to show a photo of a gloomy cell, alleging that it was the Attock Prison cell where ousted Pakistani Prime Minister #ImranKhan was held. The claim is misleading as it was actually a cell in a prison located in Missouri, United States. https://t.co/xa9mJEXhpr
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Photos and videos of the same jail cell, taken by visitors who joined the guided tour at the decommissioned Missouri State Penitentiary, can be found on the internet.
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Three viral videos on X claimed to show the public mourning the ex-Chinese Premier #LiKeqiang at Tiananmen Square and in downtown Beijing. However, the videos are misleading as they remained clips of National Day celebrations and COVID victims mourning.
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Two videos show China’s National Day celebration more than three weeks before Li’s death; the other is a three-year-old clip showing drivers mourning COVID-19 victims in 2020.
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A post on X claims a group of Hamas supporters publicly raped a woman in Iran. However, the claim is misleading. The video was taken in August 2021 in Pakistan. There is also no evidence showing the attackers were Hamas supporters.
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The video capturing the sexual violence was taken in Pakistan in 2021.
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近日網上瘋傳一張8人擠在九層碌架床的照片，聲稱照片顯示了中國學生宿舍狀況。然而，碌架床實為抖音搞笑短片中的訂製道具。 https://t.co/Ie4oxTii0G
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這張網上瘋傳的截圖撮取自內地網紅王志欣製作的搞笑短片。她帶領的抖音創作團隊有過千萬追蹤者。
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A viral post shows a racist wall slogan in #China urging locals to stay away from black people to avoid #AIDS. However, @annielab_jmsc found it a doctored image sourced from a Taobao vendor selling digitally altered wall slogan graphics. https://t.co/FNNRtKeghc
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Annie Lab found several versions of the same image with different slogans being sold on Taobao. Custom-made wall advertisements or slogans are popular e-commerce digital products in China.
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From paragliding militants to rioting Israeli soldiers, are these videos really from the war between #Israel and #Hamas? @Annielab_jmsc investigated the origins of these viral videos and found them either old or unrelated to the Israel-Hamas war.
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A viral clip on X showed raging floods with the caption “Pray for Libya”, implying that they happened recently in #Libya. However, the claim is misleading as Annie Lab found that they were mostly outdated or of floods captured in Pakistan, China and India.
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A video featuring ten different scenes of floods was used in a claim about Libya but Annie Lab can prove at least six of them are unrelated to the recent natural disaster there.
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Viral posts claimed a photo shows students squeezed into a nine-layered bunk bed in a dormitory in #China. However, the bunk bed was a custom-made prop for a comedy video on Douyin, according to the creator. https://t.co/PZqvqCVKW8
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The viral image is a screenshot of a comedy video created by a popular influencer Wang Zhixin whose Douyin channel has more than 10.4 million followers.
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Why do colors matter when it comes to traditional Chinese lion dancing? Read @Annielab_jmsc’s latest explainer on why white lions are taboo and how they became viral online in Hong Kong. https://t.co/UJxb1reLrS
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Pictures of finance chief Paul Chan standing with a “white” dancing lion went viral online. Many people mistakenly thought it was a “mourning” lion costume used in funerals.
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Social media posts shared a video supposedly showing a #tornado in #Libya, Japan and the Philippines. However, we found that the viral video was taken in 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was also manipulated, with the tornado added as a visual effect. https://t.co/qZMjDkGeoQ
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The original footage shows Hurricane Matthew striking Florida in 2016 with no sign of a tornado. Annie Lab can confirm that it was digitally added to the video later.
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@annielab_jmsc’s signatory certification with @Poynter's @factchecknet has just been renewed on Sept. 12 in recognition of our unwavering commitments to uphold international fact-checking principles in non-partisanship, fairness, and transparency. https://t.co/ZMXvqyR2Uy
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被谣传2011年喝过 #福岛 经处理核废水而患癌去世的园田康博，早前接受日本共同社采访，否认自己因癌去世的网络传言。相关谣言不少以中文撰写，自福岛核电站于8月24日正式排放经处理的核废水后于网络上疯传。 https://t.co/IblSREHqvT
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园田康博向共同社，表示网传他死於癌症的說法為凭空捏造。
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@Annielab_jmsc explains why bulk-buying salt is not going to help ward off the effects of radiation as media reports showed anxious consumers in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South Korea hoarding salt this summer in response to #FukushimaWaterRelease. https://t.co/EV63oAAhCr
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Many people flocked to grocery stores in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea recently to buy table salt in bulk. Annie Lab explains what was going on.
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Well this was a lovely surprise… thanks @RadiodaysAsia for this #podcast award and as ever thanks @jasmineytse @gzmimi and all the @SCMPNews journos who helped tell the story of the Shanghai lockdown and zero Covid protests for Inside #China
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Ex-Japanese politician Yasuhiro Sonoda refutes death rumors with @kyodo_english. Viral posts falsely claimed he died of cancer three years ago, linking it to drinking nuclear wastewater in Fukushima in 2011.
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Yasuhiro Sonoda told Kyodo News Agency that the viral posts claiming he died of cancer three years ago were fabricated.
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