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False: Newly-elected Thai MP urinates in front of a police station in Bangkok A video of a person urinating in front of a police station has been shared repeatedly across Facebook and messaging app Line alongside a false claim they are one of Thailand's newly-elected members of parliament from the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP). The posts circulated after the party claimed victory in Thailand's elections, decimating the military-backed elites. According to police in the Thai capital Bangkok, the video in fact shows a different person and not the actress-turned-political activist Sirilapas Kongtrakarn. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: Video shows NATO troops in Ukraine An old video from Afghanistan of a large crowd gathered at the airport runway with several helicopters taking off is being shared with the false claim that it shows the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops landing in Ukraine.NATO is an intergovernmental military allia (Source: BOOM Live)

Misleading: “Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected by the virus”, “a vaccine that looked good in initial safety actually made people worse” CLAIM "Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected by the virus", "a vaccine that looked good in initial safety actually made people worse" more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Social media users, Faceb (Source: Science Feedback)

False: Ferdinand Marcos Sr. established the Asian Development Bank A YouTube video falsely claimed that the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. established the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Marcos Sr. was not ADB's founder, though he inaugurated the regional bank's headquarters in the country during his first term as president in 1966.The ADB wa (Source: Vera Files)