Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Bangkok

Digital Verification Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

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Old Gaza explosion footage misused in posts about India-Pakistan

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

India has launched numerous missile strikes in retaliation for an attack it blames on Pakistan, but footage spread widely online does not show the violence between the nuclear-armed rivals. The clip depicts an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip in October 2023. "India attacked Pakistan," reads the Thai-language caption of a May 7, 2025 Facebook post. The post includes footage of multiple nighttime explosions.
Image shows Indian plane crash in 2024, not 'jet downed by Pakistan'

1 week ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE / AFP Thailand7 May 2025 at 10:54 pm·2-min readPakistan said it had shot down five Indian jets on May 7, 2025 during the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades, but an image of the burning wreckage of an aircraft widely shared online predates the current crisis. The picture previously circulated in news reports from September 2024 about a fighter jet that India's air force said had crashed due to a technical issue.
Old bushfire video misrepresented as recent blaze in Israel

1 week ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE / AFP Thailand7 May 2025 at 11:48 pm·2-min readAs a massive fire near Jerusalem in late April 2025 prompted evacuations and firefighting operations by Israeli authorities, social media users shared an old clip falsely claiming it showed the bushfire. It was actually filmed in 2021. "The Israeli army ordered all forces, including the air forces and armed forces, to extinguish the fire.
Clip from 2023 Turkey quake falsely shared as recent

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

A powerful earthquake shook Turkey's biggest city Istanbul on April 23, 2025 but caused no major damage, authorities said. Circulating footage of a collapsing building is old and was filmed in southeastern Sanliurfa city during a deadly tremor in February 2023. "Earthquake in Istanbul, Turkey, 23/04/2025 with 6.2 magnitude, 6 km depth at 16:49," reads a Thai-language text overlaid to the video showing people running away from a crumbling building.
Footage of Myanmar earthquake phenomenon misrepresented as petroleum leak

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Days after a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar in late March 2025, killing more than 3,700 people, footage of dark-colored liquid bubbling from the ground was misrepresented by social media users and a Taiwanese broadcaster as petroleum. Scientists rubbished the claim, telling AFP that it actually shows soil liquefaction -- a phenomenon usually linked to earthquakes.
Discurso de Xi Jinping de 2018 circula como si fuera sobre la guerra comercial con EEUU en 2025

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

“Así están las cosas en China Xi Jinping acaba de anunciar aranceles del 180 % sobre productos estadounidenses a partir de mañana”, se lee en publicaciones en X y Facebook (1, 2, 3), junto al video viral. Acusaciones similares circulan en tailandés, inglés y portugues. En la secuencia viral, el presidente chino dice en mandarín: “La economía china es un océano, no un pequeño estanque. El océano tiene momentos de calma y momentos de tormenta. Sin tormentas, no sería un océano”.
Old Xi Jinping speech resurfaces amid US trade war

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

"President Xi Jinping announced 180% tariffs on US imports, effective tomorrow," reads a post shared April 9, 2025 on X. It features a minute-long clip where Xi is heard saying in Mandarin: "The Chinese economy is an ocean, not a small pond. The ocean has calm times and stormy times. Without storms, it would not be an ocean."He adds: "Storms can overturn a small pond, but they cannot overturn the ocean.
La imagen viral de un Pikachu en las protestas de Turquía es ‘fake’: fue generada con IA

1 month ago | naiz.eus | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Centenas de miles de personas han salido a manifestarse en Turquía tras el arresto del alcalde de Estambul, el socialdemócrata Ekrem Imamoglu, el 19 de marzo de 2025, acusado de corrupción y de colaboración con un «grupo terrorista». En ese contexto, usuarios han compartido decenas de miles de veces en redes sociales una imagen, supuestamente tomada durante las protestas turcas, de un manifestante rodeado de policías y patrullas y vestido de Pikachu, un personaje de la serie animada Pokémon.
Bangkok rescue footage taken night after building collapse, not days later

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Tremors from a massive earthquake in Myanmar flattened a building in Bangkok on March 28, 2025. As search and rescue operations entered their fifth day, footage of a person trapped in the rubble spread on Thai social media alongside claims that workers found a new survivor. But the video was recorded the same day the tower collapsed, and city officials confirmed to AFP that there were no new survivors on April 1. "1/04/2025 One more new survivor was found. Miracle is real. Please hang tight.
AI image of Turkish demonstrator in Pikachu costume spreads online

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chayanit Itthipongmaetee

Multiple news reports have featured footage of a Turkish protester dressed in a Pikachu costume fleeing from police during ongoing demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But an image that spread globally online purportedly depicting that moment up close is actually AI-generated. A Thai news outlet shared the image of a nighttime rally with a person in a Pikachu costume apparently surrounded by police on TikTok on March 28, 2025.