{"id":662605,"date":"2021-08-19T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662605"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:20:31","slug":"fact-check-no-this-photo-does-not-show-a-recent-french-protest-against-covid-19-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-photo-does-not-show-a-recent-french-protest-against-covid-19-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, This Photo Does Not Show A Recent French Protest Against COVID-19 Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-no-this-photo-does-not-show-a-recent-french-protest-against-covid-19-rules%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=662605&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2015-01-11T120000Z_1703943425_LR2EB1B165A60_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-SHOOTING-scaled-e1629333432807.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=161050906142352&amp;id=101165935464183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a recent protest in France against COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows a 2015 march against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Protests occurred in France for the fifth straight Saturday on August 14 in response to the COVID-19 health pass mandated to visit venues such as dining establishments and athletic arenas, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-business-health-france-coronavirus-pandemic-f5d01a6ddffe6d451702a117a5ba6cb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The pass must prove that an individual is fully vaccinated, received a negative COVID-19 test result in the past 48 hours, or recovered from COVID-19 between 15 days and 6 months ago, according to the French government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gouvernement.fr\/en\/coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The image in the August 16 Facebook post shows a crowd filling Paris\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Place+de+la+R%C3%A9publique,+Paris,+France\/@48.8658362,2.3647217,96a,39.4y,0.13h,44.92t\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47e66e08e982520f:0x5c1fc381db69bd20!8m2!3d48.8676635!4d2.3640304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Place de la R\u00e9publique<\/a>. \u201cThis is what the news is NOT showing you,\u201d the post\u2019s caption reads. \u201cFrance may be the first nation, but not the last, to take back their country from draconian law makers mandating ignorant c\u00f8v\u00efd policies, lockdowns, and job shut downs on their people.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/08\/05\/fact-check-california-mail-ballots-recall-election-delta-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Image Claims California Is Sending Mail-In Ballots To Voters For Gavin Newsom\u2019s Recall Election Due To The Delta Variant)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event in the photo actually took place years before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the image published by <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZSFY59721&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1105&amp;RH=669&amp;POPUPPN=9&amp;POPUPIID=2C0408WOB0QNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> in 2015 explaining it showed participants in a march in Paris on Jan. 11, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA general view shows hundreds of thousands of French citizens taking part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZSFY59721&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1105&amp;RH=669&amp;POPUPPN=9&amp;POPUPIID=2C0408WOB0QNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">caption<\/a> on Reuters reads. \u201cFrench citizens will be joined by dozens of foreign leaders, among them Arab and Muslim representatives, in a march on Sunday in an unprecedented tribute to this week\u2019s victims following the shootings by gunmen at the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the killing of a police woman in Montrouge, and the hostage taking at a kosher supermarket at the Porte de Vincennes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The march was one of many that were held as a show of unity following terrorist attacks in France the week before that resulted in 17 deaths, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-30765824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. One such attack on Jan. 7, 2015 targeted the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and killed 11 people, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/55231200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Then-French President Francois Hollande and other dignitaries from around the globe attended the \u201cmarch of unity\u201d in Paris, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/01\/11\/europe\/paris-march-social\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a recent protest in France against COVID-19 restrictions.Verdict: False The image shows a 2015 march against terrorism. 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