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False: You can only get hepatitis B from sharing a needle or having unprotected sex. The claim you can only get hepatitis B from sharing a needle or having unprotected sex is false. Evidence shows the virus is most commonly spread from mothers to babies during birth. Experts told AAP FactCheck children infected with the virus are much more likely than adults to develop chronic infections. The vaccination is also safe and highly effective. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Posts shows proof of fraud in 2020 Korean polls A picture of shredded papers on the back of a van has been repeatedly shared on social media falsely claiming it shows "documents destroyed by South Korea's National Election Commission (NEC)", suggesting that they are "proof of fraud in the country's 2020 general elections". The claim comes as an ongoing probe investigates allegations of nepotistic hiring practices in the agency and assert it swayed the 2020 elections. But the image is taken from a blog post by a shredding company posted in 2017. The company told AFP the photo showed documents shredded for a local university and that it had never worked for the NEC. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: Video shows oil tanker trucks burnt by Pakistani authorities A video showing burnt trucks has been viewed millions of times in posts that falsely claim they were destroyed to coerce a Pakistani politician to quit former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. The claim -- shared on a social media page of PTI -- circulated following a tumultuous week in May sparked by Khan's brief detention. The footage, however, shows the aftermath of a fire that occurred in April 2022. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: Image shows woman PTI protester tortured by Pakistani authorities An image of a woman with severe bruises on her back has been shared hundreds of times in social media posts that falsely say she was assaulted in custody after protesting former Pakistan leader Imran Khan's brief detention in May. However, the image has previously circulated in reports about a transgender woman assaulted in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in March 2021. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

Miscaptioned: Image shows crowd at Copacabana beach in Brazil, not China An image of Copacabana beach in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro jammed with pilgrims during Pope Francis’ visit in July 2013 has resurfaced with the false claim that it shows a crowded beach in China. “Beach in China, if you lose your child, I guess, you just have to make another one,” r (Source: Reuters)

False: News segment about stolen Amazon goods used to buy Lamborghini is fabricated A video clip purportedly showing an ABC News segment about an Amazon delivery driver selling stolen packages and buying a sports car with the profits was fabricated, according to both the TikTok user who claimed credit for creating the video and a spokesperson for the U.S. televi (Source: Reuters)

Miscaptioned: Miscaptioned video shows Nigeria state governor’s cars, not central bank head Footage of luxury cars outside the home of a former Nigerian state governor is circulating with false captions that they belong to Nigeria’s central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, who was recently suspended from his role. Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele after a (Source: Reuters)

Altered: Photo of Biden in a diaper at Air Force graduation is altered U.S. President Joe Biden’s tumble at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony did not reveal a concealed diaper, contrary to the suggestion of a doctored photo from the event. On June 1, 2023, Biden tripped and fell while on stage at the graduation ceremony of the U.S. Air  (Source: Reuters)

Mostly-True: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.” The slight trend of more Floridians moving to California, per capita, than the other way around has been the trend for decades, experts said.However, the difference between the rate of Floridians moving to California and vice versa is tiny and based on estimates. (Source: PolitiFact)