“The video shows Chinese ships sunk by the United States and Japanese forces.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 May 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The ships shown were owned by the United States, not China, and were destroyed during military exercises in 2012 and 2022. Unrelated clips from various military exercises were spliced to fool netizens.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 31 May 2024, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/955679599566250
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.