These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption “perspective matters”. Perspective matters, and so do dates and places… because these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris 🔍
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- ❌ This image of Mark Zuckerberg saying 9/11 “never happened” in the metaverse is altered. In the original Facebook post, the Meta CEO promoted the company’s virtual reality platform but did not mention the terrorist attacks u.afp.com/wFx9
- ⚠️ This photo spreading on social media doesn't show Afghan women in the '70s We traced the image to an Iranian history book, where it's captioned 'Tehran university students in 1971' u.afp.com/NotKabul
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- 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris was born in the United States, making her constitutionally eligible to be both vice president and president
- Pakistan's new PM Shehbaz Sharif has been hit by a video that purportedly shows a singer serenading him in his office Critics say the clip shows the 'dummy PM' ignoring his duties, but the video was filmed at Sharif's home last year before he took office u.afp.com/SharifSinger
- There is no evidence to support this claim. Five US states -- Oregon, Washington, Utah, Hawaii and Colorado -- have implemented statewide mail-in ballot systems, and voter fraud is extremely rare u.afp.com/fraudRIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!
- This video apparently showing 'Taliban soldiers' dancing after 'taking over a local club' has been viewed more than 3.5 million times on Facebook We traced the video to posts from March about a wedding in Pakistan u.afp.com/NotTalibanDance
- 🗳️ Did King Charles III proclaim Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 US presidential election? No, that is false -- this image shows the monarch signing an oath to uphold the security of the Church of Scotland u.afp.com/iZtt
- 🇳🇬 A Nigerian presidential candidate has understated the country’s exports. Official data shows annual exports from the west African country have exceeded $30 billion for well over a decade
- ⚠️🇰🇪 As Kenyans await the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election, disinformation linked to the results has cluttered multiple social media platforms. Read more:
- 🇮🇳 Doctored photo of @Rihanna with Pakistani flag circulates online after singer tweeted support for Indian farmers' protests u.afp.com/RihannaFlag
- 🇭🇰 Image (L) shows Hong Kong schoolgirl waving 'free HIV test flag'? No, this image has been doctored from a photo (R) of a Hong Kong schoolgirl holding a pro-democracy flag u.afp.com/notHIVflag
- 🇹🇷🇮🇩 Did Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declare his support for Indonesian presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno? No, the photo of Erdogan is doctored from an original of Uno on a plane u.afp.com/UnoNotErdogan
