Claim: A student bulletin board at the University of Hong Kong has slogans of dissent, which can be deemed illegal under the national security law, despite the recent apology over a controversial motion by the Students' Union.
Fact-check: Misleading: Photos of HKU bulletin board with slogans of dissent were shot in 2016 and 2018, not after student body's recent apology over controversial motion | annie lab
Verdict: the misleading facebook and weibo posts featured a collage of two old news photos taken in 2016 and 2018 from local news media outlets before the national security law took effect in 2020.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Audrey Ng
Date published: 2021-07-16T08:51:52