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Missing Context: A photograph shows a line of child brides getting married. Thousands of people have shared a post that shows a photograph of what it implies are child brides. But the photograph does not show this. The Facebook reel, which has over 2,600 shares, has a split screen and overlaid text that says: "Pedophilia is legal in some countries [sic]. (Source: Full Fact)

Miscaptioned: Footage of empty Winn-Dixie store not linked to new Florida immigration law An old video of a supermarket emptied before a hurricane has been falsely linked online to Florida’s new immigration law targeting undocumented migrants. “Undocumented workers are leaving Florida in droves. It’s effecting farmers, hotels, restaurants, construction, lawn companies (Source: Reuters)