Editor’s Notes A viral video allegedly showing two buildings collapsing in Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes has racked up millions of views across platforms like X, TikTok, and Facebook, and has...
Editor’s Note In June 2026, an X post adopting breaking-news formatting falsely alleged that Beijing summoned India’s ambassador and issued a formal diplomatic protest regarding memes referencing a so-called “Chinese...
Editor’s Note In June 2025, severe floodings struck Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, leaving streets covered with mud and debris deposited by floodwaters. Local authorities led a large-scale cleanup effort and...
Editor’s Note Amid India-Bangladesh border tensions, a video circulated on X and was reposted across Facebook, Threads and Instagram, claiming to show Border Security Force (BSF) personnel warning people obstructing...
Editor’s Note On June 8, 2026, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. In the aftermath, two images spread on social media, purporting to show...
Editor’s Note On June 8, 2026, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines. In the aftermath, videos labeled as “earthquake footage” went viral across X, Facebook,...
Editor’s note A claim has gone viral on social media and some news outlets in mid-May, alleging that “the U.S. delegation threw all Chinese gifts into a trash can before...
Editor’s Note Following the April 2026 hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, several social media users circulated rodent-related footage, falsely attributing it to the event. Some clips spread across platforms...
Editor’s Note In early 2026, tensions among the United States, Israel, and Iran escalated into a conflict with significant regional and international implications. From late February to early May, a...
Editor’s Note According to an investigation by Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s crowdsourcing platform CrowdWorks has seen a surge in paid orders for producing videos related to China using AI tools, forming...
