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  • 2022-01-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Video has circulated online since December 2021 in posts about Indonesian social media trend (en)
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  • As a tsunami flooded several Pacific coastlines following a devastating volcanic eruption in Tonga in January 2022, a video was viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media alongside a claim it shows people being swept away by a tsunami wave. However, the video has been shared in a false context; it has circulated in posts since December 2021 about a group in Indonesia that filmed a stunt for a social media trend. The video was shared here on Twitter on January 15, 2022. It has been viewed more than one million times. The caption reads: Unexpected #Tsunami #HungaTongaHungaHaapai #Tsunami #Tonga #Earthquake. The 45-second video appears to show a man punching a tree next to a stretch of open water, before being hit by a large wave along with several other people. Screenshot of the misleading post. Taken on January 17, 2022. ( AFP / ) An underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga on January 15 triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States, AFP reported . The video was shared alongside a similar claim here , here , here and here on Facebook; on Twitter here , here , here and here ; and on TikTok here , here , here and here . It was also shared here on Facebook by Dominican Republic TV station, Telenoticias 11 and here by Enrique Santos, a radio host in the US. However, the video has been shared in a false context. A reverse image search found a longer version of the video posted here on YouTube on December 6, 2021. From the 50-second mark, the same man can be seen speaking to the camera in Indonesian before beginning to punch a nearby tree. He says he wants to emulate a viral stunt by an Indonesian man in North Sumatra province, who filmed himself punching a tree until the trunk snapped in half. I will punch the tree like [the guy] from [that viral video]...please watch my video so that we can collaborate together at Ombak Bono, he says in Indonesian-language. Ombak Bono is a tidal bore in the Riau province's Kampar river . The YouTube channel has constantly shared videos of the same man presenting from the same location , as seen here and here . Below is a screenshot comparison of the footage in the false posts (L) and the original video (R): Screenshot comparison. Taken on January 17, 2022 ( AFP / ) (en)
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