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Posts falsely claim BRICS controls 80% of petroleum production
"BRICS now controls 80% of global oil trade. The oil trade will not be in US dollars," says an August 24 post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Putin's dedollarization project is shaping up beautifully." Screenshot of an Instagram post taken September 8, 2023 Similar claims spread elsewhere on X, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms -- including in French, German and Polish.
Video of poisoned cattle unrelated to Covid vaccination Original
Social media posts sharing footage of sick and dead cows in Italy claim the animals died after being vaccinated against the coronavirus. This is false; the cattle ingested a plant with high levels of a poisonous compound and were not vaccinated against Covid-19, the veterinarian in charge of the case told AFP. "WARNING. Graphic Footage. Northern Italy," says a June 2, 2023 tweet sharing the video. "Government came and vaccinated cattle against cv19.
Photo of 'Turkish imam kissing earthquake hero dog' is doctored
A doctored photo claiming to show a Turkish imam kissing the paw of a dog who had saved people from the rubble of the devastating 2023 earthquake in Turkey has been shared widely online. While there have been genuine reports of dog rescue squads working in the quake disaster areas, the photo in the false posts actually combines a photo of an Iraqi cleric and a former Catholic priest from Poland. Both pictures have each circulated online for more than a decade prior the February 2023 disaster.
Photo shows tourists at Russian amusement park, not 'Chinese soldiers going to Ukraine'
A photo of several people wearing military uniforms with Chinese and Russian flags has been shared hundreds of times in social media posts that claim it shows Chinese soldiers joining the Russian army to fight in Ukraine. This is false. AFP traced the photo to the website of a military-themed amusement park in Russia. The photographer who took pictures of the event said the people in the photo were "tourists".
Belgium university performance mispresented as 'exorcism at NATO summit'
A video has been viewed more than one million times on social media alongside a claim it shows an exorcism at a NATO meeting. This is false. The footage shows a dance performance at a Belgium university in 2017. Both the university and the theatre group told AFP that the performance had nothing to do with NATO. The 44-second video was posted on Twitter here on July 28, 2022. It shows a woman dancing on a stage in front of an audience.
Belgium university performance mispresented as 'exorcism at NATO summit'
A video has been viewed more than one million times on social media alongside a claim it shows an exorcism at a NATO meeting. This is false. The footage shows a dance performance at a Belgium university in 2017. Both the university and the theatre group told AFP that the performance had nothing to do with NATO. The 44-second video was posted on Twitter here on July 28, 2022. It shows a woman dancing on a stage in front of an audience.
Undamaged windows are not evidence of staged Ukraine violence
Social media posts claim a photo shows cars damaged by a Russian bomb near a building with intact windows in Bucha, suggesting it proves violence in the Ukrainian town was staged. But there is no evidence of a strike near the building, and residents said military vehicles were used to upend the cars -- accounts confirmed by media reports and other images from the town.
Old photo of children saluting Ukrainian soldiers circulates in online posts about Russia’s recent invasion
Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. A photo of two children facing tanks has been shared alongside claims it shows Ukrainian kids saluting soldiers as they head off to battle Russian forces currently invading the country. But the image has been shared out of context: AFP Fact Check found the photo was taken in 2016 by Ukrainian photographer Dmitry Muravsky. The photo shows the two kids in winter jackets holding hands, with one saluting troops standing on military tanks.
Authorities say no vaccines stored in Italy’s Carabinieri police barracks when fire started
Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. Footage of a building in flames is circulating on social media across several countries. The clip accompanies posts claiming that the fire gutted a military barracks supposedly housing Covid-19 vaccines in Italy after mandatory vaccination was approved for security forces in the country.
False claims on Ursula von der Leyen's vaccine remarks spread online
Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Social media posts and online articles claim European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for scrapping the Nuremberg Code and forcing people to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. But she made no mention of the Nuremberg Code when questioned about moves to require vaccination in some European countries, instead suggesting a "discussion" and "common approach" to implementing policies.
False reports claim police rubber bullets killed anti-lockdown protester in Melbourne
Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. A photo of a man with a bloodied face is circulating in Facebook posts that claim it shows a man called Kyle Mitchell who "died after being hit by rubber bullets" at ananti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia. The claim is false; police said they recorded no such death, while Mitchell told AFP the footage showed him injured after a fight with a store clerk. "Young man dies after being hit by rubber bullets at demo yesterday Kyle Mitchell.
This video shows abandoned Soviet tanks in Afghanistan, not American vehicles
Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. A video has been shared multiple times on social media with a claim it shows US-made tanks and other military vehicles that have been seized by the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The claim, however, is false: experts told AFP the vehicles are not American, and were made in the Soviet Union; and the location in the video resembles a "tank cemetery" in Kandahar where many discarded Soviet weapons are stored.
False claim circulates online that British research company Ipsos MORI derives its name from Latin for ‘they die’
Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim that Ipsos MORI, a British market research company investigating novel coronavirus testing in the UK, is Latin for "they die". The posts suggest the translation reveals the company’s “motives” during the pandemic. The claim is false: the company’s name derives from two other companies which merged in 2005, 15 years before the pandemic was declared.
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