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Fact Check: Video Shows 2025 Rally, Not 2026 Protests
Video falsely claimed to show 2026 Greek protests actually depicts 2025 rally marking train crash anniversary.
In brief
Video falsely claimed to show 2026 Greek protests actually depicts 2025 rally marking train crash anniversary. A video published on X on Feb 28, 2025, showed a Greek rally commemorating a train crash anniversary, not protests in 2026. Originally reported by Lead Stories.
Video Claim
A video posted on X on Oct 6, 2026, falsely claimed to show 2026 Greek protests.
“THE MEDIA IS SILENT ON THIS AGAIN: Massive protest erupting in Greece, everything in the country is at a stand still.”
Actual Date
The video was published on X and aired on Italian TV on Feb 28, 2025, at a demonstration marking the second anniversary of a deadly train crash.
Real Protests
Greece witnessed protests against U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the day the video went viral.
The headline
A video published on X on Feb 28, 2025, showed a Greek rally commemorating a train crash anniversary, not protests in 2026.
