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Angola dog-meat bust pictures falsely linked to anti-immigrant rhetoric in South Africa

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Summary
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63% Informative

Social media users recently shared photos allegedly showing the arrest of undocumented migrants who were caught selling dog meat to unsuspecting customers.

AFP Fact Check found the claims to be false.

The images were taken in Angola in December 2023 and have nothing to do with South Africa or any other countries where the claim has surfaced.

VR Score

43

Informative language

31

Neutral language

5

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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