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Viral Photo Falsely Targets Climate Strike Protesters

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A post on social media falsely claims to show litter left behind by Climate Strike protesters in London on Sept. 20. The photo is from a completely unrelated event in April. 


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The , an international series of protests from Sept. 20-27, had thousands of participants in over 150 countries marching against climate change and the fossil fuel industry. Critics have went viral on Facebook and Twitter, supposedly showing the aftermath of one of the Climate Strike protests.

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