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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of protesters at the Central de la République in France carrying Algerian flags is being linked to the current unrest in France. BOOM found that the video is from 2019 when French-Algerian residents were demonstrating against former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika running for a fifth term. The video shows demonstrators gathered at Central de la République in Paris and carrying Algerian flags. Right-wing Twitter users in India have tweeted claiming demonstrators showed their support and demanded justice for Nahel M, a 17-year-old French boy of Algerian desce...
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By Swasti Chatterjee An AI-generated image of rioters walking through charred remains in a street with the Eiffel Tower seen in the background is circulating on social media with false claims that it shows apocalyptic scenes in Paris amidst the ongoing unrest. BOOM was able to confirm that the image has been created using generative-AI software and is not a recent visual from the area near Eiffel Tower in Paris. France has witnessed sporadic unrest after Nahel M, a 17 year old boy of Algerian descent, was shot dead by a police personnel at a traffic stop on June 27. Nahel was driving a rental ...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team A photo showing a woman wearing an Amnesty International sign that reads 'My pussy is open for refugees', is digitally edited, as the original sign said 'My door is open for refugees.' The morphed photo is being falsely linked to the recent unrest in France, which has been in the throes of widespread riots in the past week, after the fatal shooting of a 17-year old boy of Algerian descent, at a traffic signal. However, BOOM found that the original photo is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada at a rally in support of Syrian refugees, in 2015. The morphed photo is being ...
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By Swasti Chatterjee An old video showing a group of people seated at an outdoor cafe with glasses of wine while a fire lit by protestors rages in a street in the background in France, is being falsely linked to the ongoing riots in the country. The video shows visuals of people sitting at an outdoor cafe and drinking wine, with fire burning in the background and a huddle by protesters. The video has been shared with the caption, "A glass of wine at a nice café while watching Paris burning ; French joie de vivre at its best ." Click here and here to view archives of tweets. France witnessed ma...
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By Hazel Gandhi A photograph of a group of men riding a police van and brandishing guns, with a French flag on top of it is being shared online with the false claim that the photo is from the unrest in France and shows protestors taking over a police vehicle. BOOM found that the claims are false, and the photo is a still from a movie called Athena which released in 2022. The riots in France seem to be slowing down after almost a week of violence by angry protestors following the death of Nahel M, a 17-year-old teenager, was shot dead by a police officer in Nanterre. Nahel's grandmother, Nadia,...
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