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Viral Nepal-China Landslide Video Garnering Millions of Views Exposed as Recycled Footage From Russia and Japan
A fake news clip racking up over a million views claimed to show "disaster footage of floods and landslides along the Nepal-China border." Thai PBS Verify investigated and found that the clip is a compilation of old footage from a 2025 Russian mudslide, mirrored horizontally, spliced with a 2021 Japanese landslide.
Aug 28, 2026
Verified: Fake clip of Thai-Cambodian war actually shows Russia attacking Ukraine
An account on platform X shared a video clip showing a city being bombed, along with a caption referring to unrest between Thailand and Cambodia, claiming that Thailand had launched airstrikes on Cambodian military bases—while Russia and Ukraine remain at war. In reality, the footage is of Russia attacking Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, using missiles and drones.
Jul 28, 2025
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