California environmental policies misleadingly blamed for LA fires
As raging fires battered Los Angeles County in early 2025, critics put a spotlight on the US state of California's ...
AI-generated clip gives false impression R. Kelly released music video from prison
Two years after American R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to prison for sex-related crimes, posts on social media claim that ...
Clip of driver rescued from fiery car crash filmed in Minnesota, not during LA wildfires
Fast-spreading wildfires have reduced whole communities in Los Angeles to scorched rubble in January 2025, but a dramatic ...
Image of monks clearing debris taken after 2010 China quake, not recent Tibet jolt
As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...
Pakistan chief minister targeted by AI 'hug' video
Images made with artificial intelligence have been weaponised against female politicians in Pakistan. Latest example include ...
Mining corruption case in Indonesia sparks misinformation about death penalty
As Indonesian prosecutors prepared to appeal the jail sentence of a high-profile businessman which critics said was too ...
False posts about HMPV and Covid 'cross-mutation' spark fear online
Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands ...
Video purportedly showing dog saving baby from Los Angeles fires is artificially generated
The deadly wildfires in Los Angeles have been a major topic of discussion on Ethiopian social media. A video shared hundreds of times allegedly shows footage of a dog saving a baby’s life from the ...