Online posts claim videos of people dressed as the comic superhero Batman were taken during recent protests in France, triggered by an act of police violence. This is false; the clips circulating online were shot in the US and predate the unrest in Europe.
The captions indicate that the footage depicts participants of a bar crawl near Florida State University, where several groups of students dressed in costume.Screenshot of a tweet taken July 7, 2023 with elements outlined by AFPtechniques, AFP pinpointed where the video was shot -- on the corner of Madison Street and Woodward Avenue in Tallahassee, Florida, shown below:does not operate in France, and in the background of the video, an American 25 mph speed limit sign is visible.
The second video shows a person in a Batman costume walking through a crowd during a protest -- but not in France. A keyword search uncovered the same video titled,"BATMAN Arrives at the PROTESTS !!! #RIOT #BLM," shared on
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