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🇳🇬 THREAD: A voice message circulating on WhatsApp in Nigeria claims that anti-malaria drug chloroquine can cure #coronavirus #coronavirusfacts (1/5) factcheck.afp.com/chloroquine-ha…
That's misleading 🤔 A Chinese study found the drug was promising, but trials are still underway. The @WHO says scientists are still working on a possible vaccine (2/5)
@WHO The voice message recommends taking 500 mg of chloroquine for eight days - a significantly higher amount than recommended doses (3/5)
@WHO ⚠️ Chloroquine is banned in Nigeria and doctors warn against taking it without prescription, but @OluwamayowaTJ found it for sale on a British website called Coronavirus Medication (4/5)
@WHO @OluwamayowaTJ 🇬🇧 British medical authority @MHRAgovuk has launched an investigation into the website following our fact check (5/5)
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🇨🇦 Ahead of tonight’s debate in Canada, a look at viral misinformation we’ve seen:

False information about assistance to refugees is regularly shared on social media.

No single refugee receives $3,874 each month from the government u.afp.com/2016Invoice
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It’s also important to note that refugees do not get more financial help from the federal government than Canadian pensioners u.afp.com/oRyG
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Speaking of pensions, Canada has a board, independent of the government, which manages retirement savings.

Claims that PM Justin Trudeau “took” $2 billion from Canada’s retirement fund and gave it to housing projects in India are false u.afp.com/CPPIB
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These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption “perspective matters”. Perspective matters, and so do dates and places… because these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris 🔍
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Criticism of media coverage is legitimate, but this isn't the best example of it. These photos were taken on 2 different days in 2 separate places… and AFP did not find a single photo combining a scooter on fire and the Arc de Triomphe in the background
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In Spanish, the juxtapositions were framed as, "Here is how photographers covering a demonstration in Paris turn a small fire into hell." This website flatly accuses AFP of deception… even though AFP did not take either of the frames
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Greek Director Eleni Vlassi was shooting a historical documentary on a beach in Crete when, unknowingly, she found herself accused of staging a drowning of migrants by dozens of websites, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts u.afp.com/o8Ry
It all began with a video narrated by a Czech-speaking man. A dozen people – including veiled women – enter the water. Five of them seem to simulate a drowning
On the beach, three people stand around a camera on a tripod which is pointed toward the group in the water
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Circula nas redes sociais um vídeo de um homem que informa que o álcool gel não é uma forma eficiente de higienizar as mãos contra o vírus SARS-Cov-2, que causa o Covid-19. Confira em: bit.ly/3ajwkq6. #coronavirus #CoronaVirusFacts #DatosCoronaVirus
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On Jan 3, 2020, the US killed a top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iran retaliated with missile strikes on US bases in Iraq.

This was followed by a surge in misinformation, disinformation, #FakeNews

AFP #FactCheck debunked plenty of them. Below is a thread:
Claim: Aerial footage of a US drone strike killing a top Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani

Reality: Footage is actually from a military simulation video game

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Claim: Video of Iran firing rockets at a US base in Iraq.

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