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  • 2021-12-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Deutsche Welle Publish This Article About Anti-Vaccine Protesters Kissing Each Other? (de)
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  • An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a Deutsche Welle (DW) article titled German anti-vaccine protests outrage public health officials as thousands gather to kiss each other. Verdict: False There is no record of DW publishing the article. The image has been fabricated. Fact Check: One iteration of the purported screen grab of the DW article about Germans kissing in protest of COVID-19 vaccines has garnered over 500 reactions since being shared on Facebook Dec. 3. The sub-headline in the alleged article reads, Lawmakers consider law to criminalize kissing in public spaces. On Dec. 3, a group of people carrying torches protested against COVID-19 mitigation measures outside the house of Saxony Health Minister Petra Koepping, AFP reported. Over the course of the pandemic, there have been numerous protests against the German government’s COVID-19 policies. However, Check Your Fact found no evidence DW published the article in the Facebook post. A keyword search yielded zero matches for a story reporting on such a vaccine-related protest occurring in Germany. It also cannot be found on DW’s verified Facebook or Twitter account . DW never published an article with this headline, Joscha Weber, DW’s head of fact-checking, confirmed in an email, also directing Check Your Fact to an article the outlet published debunking the image. It’s completely made up. (RELATED: Did Vox Publish This Article Calling The ‘Bunny Ear’ Shoe-Tying Method Racist?) The image of couples kissings that’s featured in the fabricated screen grab does not show a German protest against COVID-19 vaccines, either. A reverse image search traced the picture back to the European Pressphoto Agency website , where the caption reads, Couples take part in the World Kiss Marathon for Education at a square in Santiago, Chile, on 1 September 2011. The students demand better education opportunities in their country. It can also be seen on the website BestMastersPrograms.org , where it provides a similar explanation about the photo. (en)
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