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  • 2020-01-10 (xsd:date)
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  • This video has circulated in reports since 2016 about an anti-gay marriage protest in Taiwan (en)
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  • A video has been viewed hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and YouTube posts that claim it shows a protest calling for the resignation of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen between November and December 2019. The claim is false; the video has circulated online since at least December 2016 in reports about an anti-gay marriage protest in Taiwan. The video was published here in a public Facebook group with more than 20,000 members on December 9, 2019. It has been shared 60 times. The one-minute footage shows protesters dressed in white, holding placards outside a building. They can be heard chanting Tsai Ing-wen, step down in Mandarin throughout the clip. Below is a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post: Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post The post’s traditional Chinese-language caption translates to English as: The Office of the President was busy yesterday, even though there was no news about the demands for teaching materials about sexual liberation to be banned from campus, and for Tsai Ing-wen to step down. The fire of justice is now burning Tsai Ing-wen. All of those who attended today were parents. Taiwan is set to hold its quadrennial national election on January 11, 2020. Tsai Ing-wen is seeking a second term after coming to power in 2016. She will face Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang party, and James Soong of the People First Party in the election, as reported by AFP here . The video was also shared here , here , here and here on Facebook, and here on YouTube, alongside a similar claim. The claim is false; the video has circulated since at least 2016 in reports about an anti-gay marriage protest in Taiwan. At the 50-second mark of the video, protesters can be heard shouting in Mandarin; Marriage and family should be decided by everyone. At the 55-second mark of the video, protesters can be heard shouting; Sex liberation textbooks should be withdrawn from campus. A keyword search found this video published on the official Facebook account of Taiwanese television station Ctitv’s news channel on December 26, 2016. The video has been embedded below. The video’s caption can be translates in part as: [Instant video] / Anti-homosexual groups marched to the Office of the President, chanting slogans and calling for Tsai Ing-wen to step down!! The protesters in this video can be seen holding corresponding placards. A sign which reads; Sex liberation textbooks should be withdrawn from campus can be seen at the 37-second mark of the video. Another placard which reads; Marriage and family should be decided by everyone can be seen at the 43-second mark. Below are screenshots taken from the Ctitv video at the 37-second mark (L) and the 43-second mark (R): Screenshots taken from the Ctitv video at the 37-second mark (L) and the 43-second mark (R) The same Tsai Ing-wen, step down chant can be heard throughout the Ctitv video from the 33-second mark. This article was published by Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily News about the same protest on the same date. Below is a screenshot comparison of the misleading video at one-second mark (L) and an Oriental Daily News photo credited to photographer Wong Gong-hung (R): Screenshot comparison of the misleading video at one-second mark (L) and an Oriental Daily News photo credited to photographer Wong Gong-hung (R) The caption of the Oriental Daily News photo reads: A large number of anti-same sex marriage people turned to the Presidential Office Building to oppose, after the review was done at the Legislative Yuan. (Photo by Wong Gong-hung). The building in the image matches the Google Street View photo of the Presidential Office Building in Taiwan. The text on the Presidential Office Building both read: Celebrate the 106th year of the Republic of China. According to the Taiwanese Interior Ministry’s Department of Household Registration , the 106th year in the official calendar of the Republic of China is the year 2017. The same video has also been debunked by the Taiwanese fact checking site Taiwan FactCheck Center here . (en)
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