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جانباختگان تصادفات نوروزی در سال ۱۴۰۴، به میزان ۸.۵ درصد کاهش یافته است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
សពដែលរងគ្រោះដោយរញ្ជួយដីនៅថៃថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែ២៨ ឆ្នាំ២០២៥
Publisher’s rating: False
TikTokにミャンマー地震で大被害の動画
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review examined four widely shared videos purportedly showing damage from the Myanmar earthquake and concluded they were AI-generated deepfakes, not footage of actual earthquake damage. It cited unnatural visual details, AI-generated labels on the videos, and the accounts’ history of posting deepfakes.
Today, everything has been shattered, my dear friends. The Earthquake in Thailand
Publisher’s rating: Altered
ផែនដីប្រេះបែកជាពីរនៅក្នុងប្រទេសភូមាដោយសាររញ្ជួយដី
Publisher’s rating: False
மியான்மர் நிலநடுக்கத்தின் போது குழந்தைகளைக் காப்பாற்றிய செவிலியர்கள் என்று பரவும் வீடியோ உண்மையா?
Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: MISSING CONTEXT
The video is from the March 28, 2025 earthquake, but it was recorded in Ruili, China—not at a hospital in Myanmar or Thailand. The review says the nurses’ account also supported that location.
ภาพเหตุการณ์หลังแผ่นดินไหวรุนแรงในประเทศเมียนมาร์
Publisher’s rating: False
मालिक की लापरवाही से ट्रेन के नीचे गिरने से कुत्ते की मौत
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
ミャンマー地震の被害の映像
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review examined two videos circulated as showing damage from the Myanmar earthquake and concluded they contained AI-generated elements. It cited unnatural details in the footage and an assessment by the Deepfakes Analysis Unit.
Video showing Shwedagon Pagoda collapsed after earthquake
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says reverse-image searches found the video circulating with a Burmese caption identifying a different pagoda, and that it does not show Shwedagon Pagoda. It concludes that the earthquake-damaged temple was Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay, not Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
राजस्थान के बाड़मेर में बस स्टॉप पर खड़ी बसों में आग लग गई
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
A recent earthquake caused strong waves and heavy winds in Koh Larn island, Thailand.
Publisher’s rating: False
මියන්මාර භූ කම්පනයෙන් මියගිය ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා ද?
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo says the photos of monks and other people lying in rows were not connected to the Myanmar earthquake. It identifies them as showing meditation practice in Myanmar from four years earlier.
म्यांमार में आए भयानक भूकंप में अपने मरीज को डॉक्टर और नर्स बचाने के लिए बेड की तरफ दौड़ पड़े
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
म्यांमार में आए भूकंप की तीव्रता का वीडियो
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
Shocking videos of an earthquake in Bangkok #earthquake #Bangkok
Publisher’s rating: fake
ภาพสุนัขกู้ภัยพันธุ์เล็กในภารกิจกู้ภัยหลังแผ่นดินไหวในกรุงเทพฯ
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the viral images of small dogs presented as K9 rescuers at the Bangkok earthquake site were AI-generated. It reports that Hive Moderation analysis indicated a high likelihood of AI generation and that similar images appeared on a TikTok account called “K9 USER AI.”
Visuals show the earthquake that hit Myanmar-Bangkok on 28 March 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the visuals attributed to the earthquake were misrepresented: the child photo came from a 2024 video, one video was AI-generated, and another showed the earthquake’s effects in China, not Bangkok. It concludes that old and unrelated photos and videos were falsely shared as footage from the March 2025 earthquake.