Video Shows Climate Protest in Austria, Not ‘Crisis Actors’ in Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered a barrage of false claims on social media, including posts that purport to show a video of “crisis actors” portraying dead victims of the fighting. The video used in the posts is from a climate protest held in Vienna, Austria, weeks before the war in Ukraine began.
Title: Video Shows Climate Protest in Austria, Not ‘Crisis Actors’ in Ukraine
URL: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/video-shows-climate-protest-in-austria-not-crisis-actors-in-ukraine/
Publisher: FactCheck.org (University of Pennsylvania)
Date published: March 22, 2022
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered a barrage of false claims on social media, including posts that purport to show a video of “crisis actors” portraying dead victims of the fighting. The video used in the posts is from a climate protest held in Vienna, Austria, weeks before the war in Ukraine began.