‘France has fallen’: Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos

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False and misleading videos are being shared by far-right figures to portray French student protests as evidence of an anti-white or Islamist uprising tied to immigration. The demonstrations are actually about school conditions, including overcrowded classes, teacher shortages, and poor facilities.

France’s student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an “anti-white” or Islamist uprising linked to uncontrolled immigration. The protests are over school conditions, including large class sizes, teacher shortages and poor facilities, not immigration. Vedika Bahl fact-checks in Truth or Fake.