The online platform "JOQ Albania" has published a photograph on its Facebook page claiming to present it as an image of the state of the protests currently taking place in France.
Despite the fact that the photo with the caption "France 2023" has been deleted by "JOQ Albania" from the Facebook page, this photo has been shared by various profiles.
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that the photo does not depict the protests in France.
Link to the photo posted on Facebook:
A photo showing several armed men in a police vehicle with French flags has been shared on social media as an image of the protests currently taking place in France.
After a reverse image search, the same photo was found shared by a Twitter account with the word "Vulture" (here). The caption mentions that the photo is from the opening sequence of the film "Athena".
So, the image appears to have been taken from a sequence of the 2022 French film called “Athena”, uploaded by the “tibsogameTV” account on Youtube on September 22, 2022 (at 1:26 of the video, the same image is found). (here)
France is currently grappling with social unrest after cellphone videos emerged of a police officer killing a teenager during a traffic stop on Tuesday. The 17-year-old, identified only as Nahel, is of Algerian origin and his killing has sparked outrage in France's immigrant communities.
Analyze:
The facts show that the photo distributed with the claim of depicting the current state of protests in France turns out to be a film sequence.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be "unverified content".
Rating:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.