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Miscaptioned This rating indicates visual media (photo or video) is authentic (i.e., it is not the product, partially or wholly, of digital manipulation or artificial intelligence software) but is nonetheless misleading because its accompanying material falsely describes its origin, context or meaning. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 12, 2017
A creepy vintage image of dubious provenance purports to illustrate an outdated psychiatric trea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 6, 2017
A photograph reportedly depicts a crying doctor mourning for a patient who died in childbirth af ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 28, 2017
Images of the former president serving food appeared alongside claims that he was in Houston aft ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 28, 2017
As usual, fake and misleading images were circulated on social media in the wake of a storm that ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2017
"This poor fellow trespassed on the wrong farmer's property."
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2017
A video purporting to show a huge storm moving over a rural road was digitally manipulated, alth ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 14, 2017
Jugurtha Tableland in Tunisia is a rock formation, not a vestige of forests that stretched miles ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2017
A photograph of Muhammad Ali standing near piles of cash in a bank vault is often shared with in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2017
Although a panda bear-shaped solar farm was designed and built in China, an image that appears w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2017
A miscaptioned photograph led to many jokes but little understanding.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a plane releasing a flare salute to soldiers killed in battle i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2017
A photograph showing three women in a "cangue" is often shared with a backstory about witchcraft.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 12, 2017
Photographs that purportedly show a giant squid carcass that washed up on an Indonesia beach act ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 3, 2017
A newborn was photographed holding his mother's failed birth control device, but he was not born ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 13, 2017
A gripping photograph purportedly shows a Palestinian boy after he was shot in the heart by an I ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 16, 2016
A photograph of an unknown individual protesting near a Salvation Army sign was miscaptioned as ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 11, 2016
A video of a sick sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) was shared on social media along with the claim ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 6, 2016
Images of the Ghouta chemical attack of 2013 were repurposed alongside a tale of child organ tra ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016
A video was claimed to document that angry Muslims "attacked" a Christmas tree in a Western mall ...
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