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How foreign-linked accounts amplify disinformation about gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Plateau state
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Photos do not show gunmen attack in Plateau state
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Old images resurface online amidst Plateau killings
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Video showing a child allegedly being shot is from a movie, not Israel-Hamas war
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