“A photo shows hundreds of thousands of people at a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in Romania this year”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Feb 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
The photo showed a protest in Bucharest, Romania in 2017 against a loosening of anti-corruption rules
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 February 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 24 February 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- telegram.orghttps://telegram.org
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