{"id":1128387,"date":"2021-12-17T12:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128387"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:43:51","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-germans-protesting-the-countrys-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-germans-protesting-the-countrys-covid-19-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Germans Protesting The Country\u2019s COVID-19 Restrictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-germans-protesting-the-countrys-covid-19-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigDave24\/posts\/10227271352309556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigDave24\/posts\/10227271352309556&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639594434654000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38kqTi_JvYBPSF6rlY3NE3\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show Germans protesting the country\u2019s COVID-19 restrictions by blocking traffic with tractors.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video appears to show a protest that occurred in November 2019, months before the coronavirus pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Germany recently announced new restrictions for unvaccinated people, such as barring them from nonessential shops and certain other venues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59502180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> reported. Since then, some social media users have been sharing a video that appears to show hundreds of tractors with their lights flashing blocking a road. One post claimed the video showed Germans protesting the new COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBerlin, Germany \u2013 Germans Protesting the Vaccine Passports and the Nonsense,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. \u201cBlock entry points to and from Berlin with Tractors and Larger Farming Equipment \u2026 it is reported over 10,000 tractors clogged roadways\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video, however, was not recorded recently. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the footage was shared on Twitter as early as November 2019. For example, one German-language <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemptRene\/status\/1199218390885445633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a> posted it on Nov. 26, 2019. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/09\/03\/fact-check-protest-germany-love-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show A Recent Protest In Germany?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.751269035533\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Sammelpunkt des Bayern-Th\u00fcringer Konvois. Beeindruckend Bilder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bauerndemo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bauerndemo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/landschafftverbindung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#landschafftverbindung<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sternfahrtberlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sternfahrtberlin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzhh4tTwGb\">pic.twitter.com\/kzhh4tTwGb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rene Rempt \ud83e\udd55\u274e (@RemptRene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemptRene\/status\/1199218390885445633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The timing of the video\u2019s appearance on social media would suggest it depicts a farmer\u2019s protest that, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-environment-berlin-c876438f330e4d8ea0a062f45f678c65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>, occurred in Berlin on Nov. 26, 2019. The demonstration was in response to agricultural environmental regulations imposed by the German government and included about 10,000 farmers and some 5,000 tractors, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-environment-berlin-c876438f330e4d8ea0a062f45f678c65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a> reported. The video shared on both Facebook and Twitter resembles images of the event published by the German news outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nordkurier.de\/politik-und-wirtschaft\/das-war-die-bauern-demo-in-berlin-2637591411.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nordkurier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwzonline.de\/politik\/berlin-sternfahrt-und-kundgebung-in-berlin-tausende-landwirte-bei-trecker-demo-erwartet_a_50,6,1887971793.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nordwest-Zeitung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first COVID-19 case was not detected in Germany until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/wissenschaft\/medizin\/corona-virus-erster-fall-in-deutschland-bestaetigt-a-19843b8d-8694-451f-baf7-0189d3356f99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2020<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/coronavirus-in-germany-100-days-later\/a-53341745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DW<\/a>, and the country did not initiate its vaccination program until December 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/19\/germanys-vaccine-rollout-challenges-and-problems-in-vaccine-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims to show Germans protesting the country\u2019s COVID-19 restrictions by blocking traffic with tractors.Verdict: False The video appears to show a protest that occurred in November &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}