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“Video of farmers stopping mainstream media channels from covering their protests”
Social media posts Claim dated 18 Dec 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

his video shows Jamia Millia Islamia University students protest over Delhi police’s alleged attack inside their campus during December 2019. Jamia Islamia students stopped mainstream media channels from entering the campus over this issue. This video has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers protest over the new farm legislation

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 18 December 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 December 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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