Today (March 24) marks one month since Russia started its invasion into Ukraine and misleading photo and video claims continue to get shared virally on social media streams across the world. A picture, for example, showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing “V sign” gesture over Russian President Vladimir Putin during a photo session with French […]
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As Russia continues its full-scale invasion into Ukraine, a video filming a couple covering a song together was posted on social media. It was claimed the couple is Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska. The video has been virally circulated on social media in recent weeks as Ukraine is at war against […]
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As Russia continues its full-scale invasion into Ukraine, videos and images have been circulated on social media. One of them is images of a woman in military uniforms. It was claimed she is the wife of the Ukrainian Vice President who voluntarily joined the frontline with troops to fight against the Russian invasion. The claim […]
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After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, videos and images related to the destruction in Ukraine have been circulated on social media. One of them is an image of a group of people searching for people trapped in a damaged building that was claimed the destruction in Ukraine after the Russian bombardment. The image has been […]
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As Russia continues its invasion into Ukraine, a 30-second video clip was widely circulated on social media with a claim that it was a heartbreaking scene of Ukrainian soldiers hugging their loved ones before departing to join in the forces in their fight against Russia’s invasion. The video clip has been virally watched by social media […]
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As Russia continues its invasion into Ukraine, a short video was uploaded on social media yesterday, showing a young girl confronting soldiers. It was claimed that the video was a Ukrainian girl who angrily reacted to a Russian soldier. The claim has been widely shared on social media by Khmer-speaking Facebook users along with a […]
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, images, videos, and claims related to the crisis have been widely shared on social media. One of them is that a picture showing bodies covered by plastic and laid down on a road was posted on Facebook today. The claim author said the picture is bodies of Russian soldiers killed […]
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion into Ukraine yesterday, plugging its neighboring nation into chaos. A day later, a viral claim on social media said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took off his clothes and put on a military uniform to join with his country’s troops to fight against Russia’s invasion. The social media […]
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From late January until early February, Cambodia’s opposition leader who lives in exile in France revealed on his Facebook page that France’s court issued a warrant to arrest Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit chiefs Hing Bunheang and Huy Piseth. Then, in the middle of February, a piece of news circulated on YouTube claimed the […]
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About two weeks ago, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen traveled to South Korea to receive the Sunhak Peace Prize. At the same time, a claim on social media said the premier wore a gun to participate in the peace prize event held in Seoul. The claim also posted a picture showing PM Hun Sen wearing […]
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As Cambodia is approaching to main elections in the upcoming months, Prime Minister Hun Sen who has been in power for nearly 40 years since 1985 is always subject to claims circulating on social media. One of them said Radio France International (RFI) in Khmer published a report saying the premier Hun Sen has passed […]
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Near the end of 2013, Ou Virak who was Executive Director of Cambodian Center for Human Rights at the time criticized Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy over the use of ‘Yuon’ in his political speech. The human rights activist said the opposition’s political speech was a racial discrimination against Vietnamese. Nine years later, a picture […]
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Images and videos are shared on social media every day including altered versions. One of them is an image that was shared on social media along with a caption saying it is a perspective of San Francisco. The image was widely shared by social media users along with a mixture of comments and reactions. Some […]
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Syria has been struggling in a civil war and chaos for more than a decade, leading rumors and claims linking to the country’s situation and issues frequently spread on social media. One of them is a claim said a girl in a drawing of mom’s arms was an orphan in Aleppo city, Syria. The claim […]
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Two weeks ago, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen paid a controversial visit to Myanmar where he met the country’s junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing who has ruled the nation for almost a year following a coup d’état overthrowing the elected government. Days after his visit, an image showing PM Hun Sen exchanging a big […]
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As Cambodia is approaching another main election this year, claims and rumors related to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family members have been circulated on social media by his political opponents. One of them is a recent photo showing PM Hun Sen and his wife in the Khmer Rouge uniforms. The photo also depicts […]
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A union leader Chhim Sithar was arrested last week and charged with incitement by Phnom Penh court. Days after the arrest, two photos were posted on social media showing Sitha holding two pieces of papers confessing her crimes. The photos had been multiple shared by Khmer-speaking social media users along with a mixture of comments […]
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A human rights activist Seng Theary appeared for the hearing in the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance on December 07. She showed her bald head and wore an Apsara ballerina cloth. Some days later, Prime Minister called her “bald Apsara” in his public address. In early this January, Seng Theary posted a photo showing […]
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Sar Kheng – a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and also Vice President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) – has been considered as a leading candidate for the prime ministerial post in CPP. This leads to rumors and claims related to his situation. One of the claims said Sar Kheng had […]
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In August, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng announced he would have been absent from his home country for two weeks due to a trip to France for a “personal issue.” This led to a claim published on social media saying Kheng had met self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy in France. The […]
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