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🇺🇸🗳️ Localized voting machine issues are not evidence of widespread fraud u.afp.com/SyqE
Poll workers set up voting machines during early voting for the US midterm elections at Galleria Mall on October 17, 2026 in Henderson, Nevada

ALT Poll workers set up voting machines during early voting for the US midterm elections at Galleria Mall on October 17, 2026 in Henderson, Nevada

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Prediction markets open new front for US election misinformation u.afp.com/SyqR
A person fills out their ballot in early voting for the midterm elections in Cary, North Carolina

ALT A person fills out their ballot in early voting for the midterm elections in Cary, North Carolina

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Unfounded Zelensky Canadian bunker story originated on imposter website u.afp.com/Syqu
Real newspaper report on Ukrainian president's Nova Scotia purchase? FALSE

ALT Real newspaper report on Ukrainian president's Nova Scotia purchase? FALSE

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🇿🇦 After South Africa ordered refugee offices to resume processing asylum applications, false claims spread online, including AI fakes targeting the Democratic Alliance and Home Affairs. Read more: u.afp.com/AsylumSA
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As Myanmar migrants rallied against Min Aung Hlaing's trip to Malaysia in October, social media posts falsely shared an old video as footage of the gathering. We traced the clip to a cost-of-living protest in Kuala Lumpur in 2025. u.afp.com/SyoZ

Dated Malaysia protest clip falsely linked to Myanmar leader's visit

Myanmar migrants protested leader Min Aung Hlaing's visit to Malaysia in October 2026, but footage of a massive rally circulating online is unrelated. The video was in fact filmed during mass...

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🇺🇸🗳️ Three widely shared videos of voting machines acting up are unrelated to the 2026 US midterms. The clips date back to 2014, 2018 and 2019 and show election technology no longer in use in Mississippi, Virginia or Indiana u.afp.com/SyiH

Old clips used as false proof of fraudulent US voting machines in 2026

With early voting underway across the United States ahead of the November 3, 2026 elections, images of machines appearing to override the selection of voters are spreading across social media. But...

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Following hardline monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara's appearance in court wearing a prison uniform, social media users falsely circulated an old image purportedly showing him without his robes in Japan. But we found the man in the picture is not Gnanasara. u.afp.com/Sy3b

Decade-old photo falsely shared as image of hardline Sri Lankan monk

After Sri Lanka's Supreme Court reinstated a prison sentence for hardline Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara, posts shared an image they falsely claimed showed him on vacation in Japan without...

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As unrest followed France's recent student-led protests, social media posts shared an old video falsely claiming demonstrators carried only Palestinian flags. But we found the clip was filmed during a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris from 2025. u.afp.com/SyZN

Old pro-Palestinian protest video falsely linked to student rallies in France

Violence and looting broke out in France in October 2026 as demonstrators took to the streets to protest the rising cost of living, but a video shared online as evidence that protesters carried only...

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🇺🇸🗳️ Misinformation targets Maricopa County ahead of 2026 midterms u.afp.com/SykL
Signs point to an early voting center on the Arizona State University west campus in Glendale, Arizona

ALT Signs point to an early voting center on the Arizona State University west campus in Glendale, Arizona

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Amid riots that followed France's October 2026 cost-of-living protests, social media users recirculated an old interview falsely linked to the demonstrations. We found the footage was taken from a 2017 DW interview and is unrelated to the recent unrest. u.afp.com/SCtA

Old interview clip falsely linked to anti-Chinese attacks during 2026 France protests

As riots that followed France's nationwide cost-of-living protests in October 2026 saw thousands of shops and public buildings looted and vandalised in the country's worst urban unrest in decades,...

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🇺🇸🗳️ Cook County, Illinois targeted with unsubstantiated claims of 'rigged' voting machines u.afp.com/Syku
Voters check in at an early voting polling location in Wheaton, Illinois

ALT Voters check in at an early voting polling location in Wheaton, Illinois

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Russian disinformation targets James Talarico with unfounded sexual assault claim u.afp.com/SCCp
James Talarico speaks from a podium while wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket

ALT James Talarico speaks from a podium while wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket

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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 u.afp.com/SCjJ
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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 u.afp.com/SCKG
Voters leave a polling place in Edmonton, Alberta

ALT Voters leave a polling place in Edmonton, Alberta

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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 u.afp.com/SCzr
Screenshot of an X post with a red x across it to indicate the claim is false

ALT Screenshot of an X post with a red x across it to indicate the claim is false

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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 u.afp.com/SCEd

Italian explosion video falsely tied to Canadian military base fire

Condolences poured in across social media following a massive October 2026 fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, but as users searched for authentic images of the disaster, one clip...

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🌀 Hurricane season: be careful of AI slop weather maps on social media
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US influence, AI and mistrust cloud Alberta independence vote u.afp.com/SChF
A red truck flying the Alberta flag circles a separatist event in Medicine Hat, southwestern Alberta

ALT A red truck flying the Alberta flag circles a separatist event in Medicine Hat, southwestern Alberta

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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. u.afp.com/SCWr

Old clips of youth protests in Nepal falsely linked to unrest in northern Pakistan

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rallied in October 2026 demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, but footage of protesters...

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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. u.afp.com/SCsy

AI image of Buddhist monks' protest misleads users in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court reinstated a prison sentence for hardline Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara, who had received a presidential pardon in 2019, triggering protests by some Buddhist clergy...

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