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United States

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US President Donald Trump shared this video on November 11 that claims to show uncounted ballots in California. But what does this video really show?

This video by Donald Trump (still) doesn’t show an example of electoral fraud

Screengrabs of three viral videos that allege U.S. election worker fraud. Following investigations, all three claims were revealed to be false.

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Debunked: These viral videos do not reveal US election fraud as claimed

Did bells ring in the Paris region to celebrate Joe Biden's victory as a video claims?

No, bells didn't ring across Paris to celebrate the election of Joe Biden

Screengrab of a November 4 video by Twitter user Eric Gibbs showing blocked windows at Detroit’s ballot-counting center. President Trump misleadingly said it was illegal activity to prevent observation of the count.

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Contrary to President Trump’s claims, Detroit poll challengers were NOT illegally barred from observing the polls

Screengrabs of (left) a clash between protesters and police in Washington, D.C., (centre) a man accused of voter intimidation in Brooklyn, (right) a heated exchange between a Republican poll watcher and other poll workers in Philadelphia.

Tensions run high on US Election Day despite generally peaceful vote

Election Day in the US saw relatively little sharing of misinformation online according to US fact-checkers. Here's some of what was going around.

US election: A 'quiet' day for fake news

Caravans of Trump supporters in their vehicles were spotted in Texas (left), New Jersey (center), and New York (right) the weekend before the US presidential election.

US voters face intimidation ahead of presidential election by caravans, armed militias, rallies

Both candidates in the 2020 US elections have been purveyors and victims of misinformation this election cycle. (Screenshots: Twitter)

The top pieces of misinformation spread in the lead up to the US election

In a misleading clip viewed over 7 million times online, Joe Biden seems to admit to widespread voter fraud. The full video interview refutes this claim. (Screenshots: Twitter)

Joe Biden admits to voter fraud? This video was taken out of context

A recent digital ad from the Trump Make America Great Again Committee telling Americans to “support our troops" uses Russian models dressed as soldiers and a Russian jet. Photo analysis from Wassim Nasr

Trump official campaign ad uses Russian planes, guns, and models

Bidwell Bar Bridge in Oroville, California, where the fires have ravaged an adjacent hill. Photo posted on Twitter.

An apocalyptic ambiance: Fires on America's West Coast seen through amateur images

Left: Posts shared online claimed NBA team buses were used to transport BLM protesters. Right: A photo posted by the Toronto Raptors of their bus wrapped in support of BLM (Photo credit: Toronto Raptors/Twitter).

No, these private buses are not transporting BLM protesters to US demonstrations

Left: Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested for shootings during a Kenosha, Wisconsin protest on August 25. Right: Armed civilians protect a petrol station from looting during the third night of protests August 25.

Eyewitness to Wisconsin shootings: 'He came with a gun and was picking fights'

Police officer Erika Urrea rescued man in a wheelchair just before he would have been hit by a high-speed train. Images are screengrabs from video.

VIDEO: In the United States, a police officer rescues man seconds before he would have been hit by a high-speed train

Volunteers at Byrd Camp near Arivaca, Arizona managed to capture just a few images of the July 31, 2020 Border Patrol raid before agents seized their cellphones.

US Border Patrol raids humanitarian aid camp, seizing phones and arresting migrants

After two weeks of inmates communicating through their cell windows with activists outside, officers covered the windows with screens. (Photos from Facebook/Bradley County Incarcerated Resolutions)

US jail covers windows after inmates share messages denouncing sanitary conditions

Videos of federal law enforcement officers using unmarked vans were posted online July 15. (Video posted on Twitter)

In Portland, US federal officers in unmarked vans respond to protests with tear gas

Protesters in Seattle created an 'autonomous zone' where they broadcast films, hold discussions on race and hold vigils for black people killed by the police. (Photos from social media)

'We created a safe space for everyone': Seattle protesters set up their own autonomous zone

A group of conservative, anti-feminist and racist social media users have carried out a strange campaign to get white women to shave their heads in an effort to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement.

'#GoBaldforBLM': a failed attempt to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement

Nick Waters, an investigative journalist with Bellingcat, has recorded 138 cases of journalists being arrested or attacked by law enforcement since the start of the protest movement sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

More than 140 journalists have been arrested or attacked by law enforcement during US protests

Screengrab of a Facebook post.

Minnesota police did NOT accidentally arrest a black FBI agent... But the man was mistakenly detained

These tweets claim that The Simpsons predicted the current protests sweeping the United States after the murder of George Floyd.

No, The Simpsons didn’t predict the murder of George Floyd or the protests sweeping the United States

On the left, a tweet calling for more kindness during the George Floyd protests. On the right, one of the images from that same tweet - photo by Johnny Nguyen.

As viral photo resurfaces, a reminder that Devonte Hart was victim of reported racial abuse

These photos, which show food being distributed, are from the "Navajo and Hopi families Covid-19 relief" Facebook page.

While waiting for federal aid, Navajos work to save most vulnerable from Covid-19

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