Authors
Vaibhav is a part of Newschecker’s English team, where he spots and debunks all kinds of misinformation, making the rounds on the internet. A Journalism graduate from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, he holds an M.A degree in Philosophy and an M.Phil from Delhi University.
Claim
US Navy war planes fly near Taiwan, escalating tensions in the region
Fact
Newschecker conducted a reverse image search of key frames of the video on Google to ascertain its authenticity. We found that the video was uploaded on Youtube by a channel named Tinuod TV on April 15, 2021, with the caption ‘JUST IN, US NAVY WARSHIP is hovering in WEST PHILIPPINES. SEA…It’s going to be a fight’ when translated with Google translate.
The video was also shared on Tik Tok by a user, ‘military_aj’, on April 16, 2021, which can be seen with the help of a VPN.
Newschecker could not find the exact geographical location of the video, but can ascertain that it is not recent, but one that dates back to at least April 2021.
Result: False
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Authors
Vaibhav is a part of Newschecker’s English team, where he spots and debunks all kinds of misinformation, making the rounds on the internet. A Journalism graduate from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, he holds an M.A degree in Philosophy and an M.Phil from Delhi University.
