THREAD: Misinformation about #USelection2020 has been widely shared in the Asia Pacific region.

Here are some hoaxes we've recently debunked at @AFPFactCheck
1. False claim: Chinese courier service package seen at ballot count in Georgia is evidence of fraud.

Reality: any professional courier service can be used to deliver ballots. Officials in Georgia have found no evidence of widespread election fraud http://u.afp.com/chinesecourierpackage
Facebook posts share misleading 'fraud' claim after Chinese courier

An image of a Chinese courier service package at a ballot count in the US state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election has been shared in multiple Korean-language Facebook posts. The posts...

http://u.afp.com/chinesecourierpackage
2. Misleading claim: Video shows voter fraud in US election?

Reality: This video has circulated since 2018 in reports about voter fraud in Russia http://u.afp.com/RussiaElection 
This video has circulated since 2018 in reports about voter fraud in

CCTV footage filmed inside a polling station has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Chinese-language Twitter posts that claim it shows election fraud. The posts were shared immediately after...

http://u.afp.com/RussiaElection
3. False claim: Trump won the election and told Myanmar citizens to vote for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) in the Myanmar election.

Reality: no and no http://u.afp.com/MyanmarTrump 
Misleading claim circulates online that US President Trump told

A doctored picture of US President Donald Trump has been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that he has just won the US presidential election and urges Myanmar to vote for the...

http://u.afp.com/MyanmarTrump
4. False claim: Photo shows Trump votes buried in the US state of Arizona.

Reality: This photo shows US mail-in ballots that were never opened or filled out, local officials say http://u.afp.com/USballots 
This photo shows US mail-in ballots that were never opened or filled

A photo of several US mail-in ballots lying on the ground has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim they were votes for incumbent US President...

http://u.afp.com/USballots
5. False claim: Video shows truckloads of Trump votes being discarded.

Reality: This is a 2016 video from Saudi Arabia which shows spoiled chicken being dumped from lorries http://u.afp.com/saudichickenvideo
This clip is not related to the 2020 US election -- it shows spoiled

A video has been viewed tens of thousand of times on social media alongside a claim in several languages that it shows large numbers of votes for incumbent US President Donald Trump being thrown away...

http://u.afp.com/saudichickenvideo
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