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Has the US changed its official policy towards Taiwan under new government?

Some Chinese online users targeted Taiwan with false claims as the new U.S. administration began its term.

Does a video show a crash of a US fighter jet?

Verdict: False

Did a Taiwan official say he didn’t want Chinese tourists coming in bulk?

Verdict: Misleading

Has the US imposed nation-wide ban on DeepSeek?

Verdict: False

Does a video show France’s Macron snubbing the Indian leader at Paris AI summit?

Verdict: Misleading

Has the US changed its official policy towards Taiwan under new government?

Some Chinese online users targeted Taiwan with false claims as the new U.S. administration began its term.

Does a video show a crash of a US fighter jet?

Verdict: False

Did a Taiwan official say he didn’t want Chinese tourists coming in bulk?

Verdict: Misleading

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Verdict: Lack of evidence

Does a video show France’s Macron snubbing the Indian leader at Paris AI summit?

Verdict: Misleading

Does a viral online video show Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy dancing?

Verdict: False

Does a photo show Chinese and Canadian vessels in the South China Sea?

Verdict: False

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Verdict: Lack of evidence

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Did Taiwan ‘severely punish’ students for supporting unification with China?

Verdict: False

Did Taiwan ‘severely punish’ students for supporting unification with China?

Does a video show a New Year’s dance party on a Taiwanese navy vessel?

Is a man in a viral video really a US army recruiter?

Did Denmark claim Greenland’s inhabitants were Mongolians?

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Verdict: Lack of evidence

Does a viral online video show Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy dancing?

Verdict: False

Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?

Does a viral online video show Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy dancing?

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