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In June 2015, a video purporting to show Muslim men auctioning off women on the streets of London was posted on Facebook by the far-right, anti-immigration, anti-multiculturalism group BritainFirst: This Facebook group was not the first entity to incorrectly label this footage. The video displayed above was first posted to YouTube in January 2015, along with an inaccurate description of what the footage depicted: Additional footage of the same event was posted to LiveLeak in November 2015. Again, the footage was accompanied by the false claim that it showed Muslim men auctioning off women on the streets of London: These videos do show an incident that occurred in London, but the claims' acquaintance with the truth stops there. These clips show not an actual human auction, but a demonstration against ISIS that took place in October 2014: The United Kingdom has strict and well-established laws in place to ensure that women and men are treated equally in public spaces and by public bodies. While women's rights there may require work and vigilance, blatantly selling bound women in the street anywhere in the UK would not only not be tolerated but met with swift reprisal, no matter what religion or nationality the sellers might be.
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