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Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts shared tens of thousands of times in February 2021 claim the United Nations “declared war” on Myanmar four weeks after a military coup. The posts, which shared two photos of US military personnel, claim 180 countries have committed to join the war effort. The claims, however, are "completely false", according to the UN. The images shared in posts are generic photos of US Air Force personnel that predate the Myanmar military coup in February 2021. The claims were published on Facebook here on February 28, 2021. ...

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple posts on Facebook and Instagram have shared six photos alongside a claim they show the destruction caused by an earthquake in Tajikistan in February 2021. The claim is misleading: four of the photos have appeared in reports about earthquakes that hit Turkey, Italy and Pakistan prior to February 2021. Just two of the photos in the posts have circulated in reports about the aftermath of an earthquake in Tajikistan that was felt in India. The six photos were shared on Facebook here on February 14, 2021. The Indonesian-language caption re...

Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts shared in February 2021 claim that cyclists in the Philippines must register their bicycles as part of a new nationwide scheme. The claim is false: the posts shared a screenshot from an article published in June 2020 about a local government order to register bicycles in Cebu City. The order, however, was scrapped hours after it was announced. The Philippine government has not implemented a bicycle registration programme as of February 22, 2021. The screenshot was shared in a Facebook post on February 9, 2021. It shows...

Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in January 2021 claim to reveal a recipe for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug. The posts claim the drug is an alternative treatment for Covid-19, negating the need for Covid-19 vaccines. The posts go on to claim that hydroxychloroquine is “nothing but quinine”, referring to another anti-malaria medicine. The claims, however,

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple Facebook posts shared in January 2021 purport to show a quote from New Zealand’s opposition leader Judith Collins, suggesting it shows she heaped praise on former US President Donald Trump. The posts, however, misquote Collins. Her original remarks were made during a debate in September 2020, in reference to Trump’s policies in the Middle East, not his general performance as US president. One of the misleading posts was published here on Facebook on January 8, 2021. It has been shared more than 100 times.  A screenshot of the...