# 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.
- Title: Fact Check: Video Shows 2025 Rally, Not 2026 Protests
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: Lead Stories — https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/10/fact-check-video-does-not-show-protests-in-greece-in-2026.html
- Published: 2026-10-08T17:54:01+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: greek rally, train crash, us secretary of state, marco rubio, fact check, social media, x, italian tv, news
## 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.
## Key takeaway

A video published on X on Feb 28, 2025, showed a Greek rally commemorating a train crash anniversary, not protests in 2026.