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Despite stubbornly high crime rates in South Africa, claims that a video showing a foiled business robbery caught on CCTV in the country are false. The dramatic incident took place at a bakery in Mexico in 2023
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Albertans roundly rejected a future binding independence referendum. More ballots were cast on that issue than the other nine immigration and constitutional questions put to voters, but contrary to claims online, this is not evidence of election fraud https://t.co/pHj6K8aK0m

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⚠️ Beware of fabricated graphics that appear to show Angus Reid projecting high support for Alberta separation.

The polling firm never published any data corresponding to this image https://t.co/TqX8fwSN2X

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🇨🇦 The cause of the deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright remains under investigation, but this clip of a massive explosion is unrelated. It was first published in August in connection to a blast at an arms factory outside Rome https://t.co/ttDYoRv9cg

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🌀 Hurricane season: be careful of AI slop weather maps on social media

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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s President Tinubu did not award ally Gilbert Chagoury a $7 billion port deal. Tinubu witnessed the signing of a non-binding MoU between DP World and Ogun State, not a final concession. DP World says Chagoury is not a shareholder.

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US influence, AI and mistrust cloud Alberta independence vote https://t.co/nGNKAN4iR1

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Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan rallied in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in October 2026, but a video purportedly showing protesters setting a building ablaze actually shows protests in Nepal in 2025.
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court reinstated a prison sentence for hardline monk Gnanasara, prompting protests by his supporters. But this circulating image purportedly showing monks marching in protest was generated using AI.
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Claims that a Cleveland Clinic study found the risk of contracting influenza increases after getting the shot misrepresent the findings of a paper which has yet to be peer-reviewed https://t.co/vudJp21SCb

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Wildfires in Indonesia have shrouded parts of the region in toxic haze, but satellite imagery and Malaysian authorities indicate a circulating map exaggerates the scale of the fires. We also found it was generated with AI. https://t.co/DiUtW2RI8a

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🌀 No human-made technology is capable of creating or redirecting hurricanes.

Despite their near-simultaneous development, meteorologists say tropical systems Isaias, Rachel and Simon resulted from natural weather conditions https://t.co/PAoyxPSUnr

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🇪🇹 Old clips of Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed are being misrepresented as recent visits to Tigray amid the latest conflict. One was filmed in Amhara in 2021, the other at a cultural event in Addis Ababa in 2019.

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🗳️ Recycled misleading claims stoke election concerns ahead of Alberta referendum https://t.co/bOVbaDZyq5

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@OStatusupp De kan också publiceras av våra klienter, t.ex. olika europeiska faktagranskningsprojekt.

Vänliga hälsningar,
Anna Hollingsworth
Faktagranskare, AFP

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@OStatusupp Bilden har kopierats av andra konton och den har spridits ganska mycket i sociala medier.

Det första exemplaret av bilden som jag har sett kommer från ert konto. https://t.co/EJ6zD7pXxJ

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@OStatusupp Hej!

Jag tar kontakt från nyhetsbyrån AFP:s faktagranskningsservice för Europa där vi granskar desinformation som sprids i sociala medier.

Jag granskar nu bilden där Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist ska ha en slöja på sig: https://t.co/JXn2BAo6uC

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@OStatusupp @OStatusupp Jag undrar om ni kunde kommentera på ett par frågor för faktagranskningen: Skapade ni bilden? I så fall hur skapade ni den (med hjälp av AI)?

Våra faktagranskningar publiceras på vår svenska webbsida här: https://t.co/CoOJuekWin.

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@OStatusupp Hej!

Jag tar kontakt från nyhetsbyrån AFP:s faktagranskningsservice för Europa där vi granskar desinformation som sprids i sociala medier.

Jag granskar nu bilden där Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist ska ha en slöja på sig: https://t.co/JXn2BAo6uC

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Sverige är ett gravt stört land. Vi förtjänar vad vi får antar jag.

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President Donald Trump attributed a quote exalting him to American actor Denzel Washington, but the purported statement is fabricated.

Near-identical posts have falsely attributed the same quote to everyone from Matthew McConaughey to Pope Leo XIV https://t.co/Hsm3bSyiwp

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A newspaper front page from 2006 is circulating in Nigeria, featuring what appears to be a report on presidential candidate Peter Obi revealing how he was "cured of madness". However, the original was altered by incorporating Obi's name and image https://t.co/YF1TdE6dPC