Internet/social media
Monday 4 December 2023
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Clash Report
Blue-checked X user
“Reported footage of fighting on the Venezuela Guyana border near a passage that goes across Brazil.”
Read more...Footage of a firefight between left-wing guerrillas and drug cartel gunmen in Colombia had been broadcast by local media before X users recycled it to spread fake claims about the Venezuela-Guyana dispute. -
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Romanukk
TikTok user
”Heavy military vehicles at rathmines, #dublin #dublinriots #ireland #ira #army #military #rathmines #dublintiktok #dublincity”
Read more...Social media users deceptively implied routine movements of army vehicles were linked to Dublin riots while sharing old footage to falsely claim military was deployed to quell unrest. -
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Myus.hamed0
TikToker
“Oh My God, watch Russia’s support in Gaza to protect civilians.”
Read more...Old videos falsely claiming Russia and other countries are sending troops to the Gaza Strip are swarming TikTok. -
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WorldWarGist
Blue-checked X user
“THIS IS GAZA MADE BY HAMAS. Huge tunnels #HamasTerrorist #HamasisISIS #Israel #Gaza #Palestine”
Read more...This footage does not show Gaza tunnel. That does not negate the fact that tunnels exist, and Hamas uses them for military operations -
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Maram Susli
Vlogger, commentator
“Wading through rubble to get all that is left to remind her of her child. #GazaHolocaust.”
Read more...The photograph is an award-winning document of Bashar Assad regime’s destruction of the western city of Homs, the rebels’ stronghold during the Syrian civil war. -
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Li Li
Lawyer, Social media influencer
“The hospital said they welcomed any investigation and then subsequently demolished the laboratory.”
Read more...The Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital said it welcomed a thorough investigation from third parties, then dismantled at least part of the lab at the center of the controversy. -
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Nexta
Poland based, Belarusian media outlet
"Hezbollah published a video demonstrating its anti-ship missiles after
media reported the arrival of US warships in the Mediterranean Sea.”Read more...While the video is from Hezbollah, it was first released in 2019, and was not created in response to U.S. naval deployment in eastern Mediterranean. -
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Akbardarjahanam3
Instagram user
#Gaza_Circus “I am wondering if the problem is with the Israeli bullets or something else; however, it seems that they are coming alive one by one.”
Read more...The video shows Muslims trained to perform an Islamic burial ritual, likely -- in Southeast Asia. It has nothing to do with Gaza. -
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rose_k01
Blue-checked X subscriber
“Palestine Pallywood is running out child actors Same Kid rescued over and over again.
Read more...The photos show a Syrian girl rescued after 2016 Syrian regime airstrike and have nothing to do with the war in Gaza. -
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news_fast2
TikTok user
"Russia attacks on Israel today to help Palestine. 25 October 2023."
Read more...Video shows a 2017 Indian frigate test-launching a cruise missile. Misuse of old footage has become a signature disinformation tactic for the Israel-Hamas war. -
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MithilaWaala
Blue-checked X user
“#HamasTerrorists destroying a Baptist Church in #Gaza city and kicking the statue of Jesus, is this their fight to reclaim their land or is it Jihad against every other religion in this world, ask yourselves !!”
Read more...Footage shows IS-affiliate Maute group attacking a church in the Philippines during the 2017 Siege of Marawi. -
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Chinese Embassy in Canada spokesperson
“Canada was a downright liar and disseminator of false information….Beijing has never meddled in another nation’s domestic affairs.”
Read more...The Canadian government report exposed China’s Spamouflage campaign designed to use social media to influence public opinion and politics in target countries.
