Social media users are claiming that US President Joe Biden said Easter should be dedicated to celebrating transgender people. In 2024, the date set for International Transgender Day of Visibilit...
A number of accounts on social media have been sharing a photo of an overturned United Nations armoured vehicle, claiming that it was carrying bags full of stolen mineral resources – proof that...
Pro-Israeli social media accounts have been circulating a photo since April 16 which they claim disproves reports that an Israeli strike hit Iran’s embassy in Damascus, Syria on April 1. These ...
The Russian Embassy in South Africa shared an article on X on April 9 about alleged atrocities committed by foreign mercenaries fighting for Ukraine. But this content originated from a fake news ...
The Russian government continues to insist that Ukraine played a role in the terrorist attack that took place on March 22 in Crocus City Hall in a Moscow suburb – even though the Islamic State...
A number of posts on Facebook and X in recent weeks have been claiming that sea levels are not actually rising. As proof, they cite a study that shows that the shorelines of some islands are incr...
In March, rumours that cannibalism is common in Haiti were widely shared on social media. These rumours were largely based on three videos. But two of them were filmed in different countries, and...
A video showing Chinese President Xi Jinping giving a speech to the Chinese armed forces has been going viral on social media since mid-March. The accounts that are sharing this footage say that ...
A year and a half after the start of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, police in Iran have resumed “morality patrols” to crack down on women violating the Islamic Republic’s strict h...
Rumours that cannibalism is common in Haiti circulated in March on social media. FRANCE 24's Observers team looked into these reports and found that several of the videos upon which these rumours...
When a solar eclipse took place in the United States on April 8, a number of accounts started claiming that it wasn’t the moon at all covering up the sun’s light during eclipses. They say tha...
Even before the drones and missiles had reached Israeli territory, the Islamic Republic of Iran, via its paramilitary Basiji forces, had already organised state-sanctioned street parties to celeb...
They allow their men to bear arms and openly admits they have taken the side of the ethnic rebel groups who are fighting the government. What The Free Burma Rangers -and their founder, a former U...
Social media users have been circulating a photo of an injured Gazan who appears to have three legs, citing it as proof that all photos of victims in Israel’s assault on Gaza have been generate...
Did the Ukrainian president embezzle Western aid money to buy Highgrove House, the family residence of King Charles III? No, but pro-Russian social media accounts have been spreading that rumour....
From eyeshadows and lipsticks to “vaginal rejuvenation” pills, women in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan can find a wide range of beauty and health products in stores and online, despite a nati...
A number of Russian Telegram channels have been sharing a caricature of French President Emmanuel Macron depicted as a rooster, claiming that it was broadcast by FRANCE 24 in a programme that air...
The Ukrainians have intensified their bombing campaign on border towns in Russia in recent weeks. But a viral video said to show the aftermath of a recent Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of ...
https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240327-video-of-bombings-wasn-t-filmed-in-russia
After Russian President Vladimir Putin was reelected on March 17, a photo went viral showing an explosion behind one of his campaign posters featuring the slogan “stability”. However, it turn...
https://observers.france24.com/en/explosion-putin-billboard-too-good-to-be-true
No, King Charles III of the United Kingdom didn’t die unexpectedly on March 18, 2024. And yet, that morning, fake news of his death circulated widely on various Russian Telegram channels with a...
Pro-Israel propaganda sites have been increasingly claiming that videos showing the wounded or injured in Gaza are actually products of "Pallywood" or scenes staged to drum up sympathy for the Pa...
Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media. This wave of d...
A video of a Palestinian mother holding her dead baby twins in her arms after they were killed in Israeli airstrike began to circulate widely online after it was posted on March 3. Some accounts,...
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructures have been increasing since early January. Our investigations reveal that at least eight sites have caught on fire after drone attacks.
At a hospital in the holy city of Qom, a young woman squats in a corner with a sick child in her arms. Her headscarf has slipped down to her shoulder revealing her hair, and a mullah is seen usin...
People online have been widely circulating footage that they say shows the Russians transporting nuclear weapons, which some claim is in response to Sweden joining NATO. However, there is actuall...