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| - AFP's fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent fact-checks: In the first US presidential debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden, President Donald Trump claimed that mail-in voting will lead to "fraud like you've never seen," challenging the integrity of the upcoming election. But officials and experts say the president is wrong; no study has revealed evidence of a major, coordinated voter fraud in the US. Footage of an apparent armed assault against vehicles clustered on a highway circulated online alongside a claim it shows the third attack by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram against the convoy of the governor of Nigeria's troubled Borno state, Babagana Zulum. The claim, however, is false; the clip predates attacks on Zulum's convoy and was actually filmed in Kenya, when police broke up a political rally. A photo of a large crowd was shared repeatedly on Facebook, Twitter and various news websites that claimed it showed a recent protest in Belarus after the disputed election in August 2020. The claim is false; the photo actually shows a 2016 protest in Seoul against South Korea's then-president Park Geun-hye. A video was viewed more than one million times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter that claimed it shows a drone delivering a box of instant noodles before collecting a card payment. The claim is false; the video is, in fact, an animation created by a Nigerian visual effects artist. A photo was shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook that claim it shows former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif meeting the Israeli ambassador to "sell out" Pakistan's nuclear secrets in exchange for moving his business to Israel. The claim is false; the photo was doctored to replace the German flag with the Israeli flag; the original photo shows Sharif meeting former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle in Islamabad in 2013. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. afp
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