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Oct 16, 2023 | factcheck.afp.com | Charlotte Steenackers |Bill McCarthy |AFP Netherlands |Afp Usa

"WATCH: Video shows the war between Palestine and Israel is being staged like a movie," says an October 8, 2023 post viewed more than 210,000 times on Telegram, a messaging platform. Screenshot from Telegram taken October 13, 2023The video shows a crowd of people huddled around and appearing to lend instructions to a boy, who lays on the ground with his leg twisted and a red liquid splattered behind his head. Hovering about him is a large movie camera.

May 9, 2023 | factcheck.afp.com | Manuela Silva |AFP Uruguay |AFP Netherlands |AFP Indonesia

Social media posts circulating worldwide have shared a document they falsely claim shows Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide, a substance that has become the subject of anti-vaccine misinformation. But experts told AFP the document shared in the posts is unrelated to the Pfizer vaccine's ingredients. Its components are public and a spokesman for the pharmaceutical giant said graphene oxide is not used in the manufacture of its vaccines.