Jack Goodman

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protests triggered by the Death in police custody of Afro-American George Floyd in Minneapolis in the United States and other Countries . They have been documented in videos, pictures and posts on Social Media .

But some of these things are not what they pretend to be. The Bbc 's anti-disinformation-team-tracking was misleading videos and Conspiracy Theories about the protests, which have found their way to the online.

So, here is what to look for - and Avoid - in your Social Media feeds.

'Brick' - videos from investigated

the rumors that the protests with potential projectiles was enough to agitators have gained traction, with thousands of posts refer to "stones" in the Social Media .

Several videos that show a bunch of bricks together with claims that they were planted by the police or the government have observed have been of millions of people.

Other posts pin the blame on the anti - fascist left group President Trump accused of encouraging the disorders.

However, there is no evidence to suggest as far as Foul Play , that the protests are somehow planned in advance.

Most of The Videos and images that we see have seen a very suspicious - it's not uncommon to see piles of bricks in the vicinity of construction sites.

the reaction to a video on stones in a Construction Site , and (we) have been placed to escalate protests, "pallets are affiliated have contacted remove, The Contractor you. "

Another viral video out of Fayetteville, North Carolina , has racked up over A Million views, shows a pile of stones in the vicinity of the protests as A Man who says that there is "no editing" page in the area.

We were able to geolocate the video and pictures took place on 24 may with the same heap of stones in the same place, long before any protests.

In other cases, be year-Old pictures of stacks of tiles have been re-shared by previous demonstrations elsewhere, such as from the protests in Hong Kong last.

Old Videos

We have seen many examples of Old video popping up in The Last few days.

To many real videos of brutal arrests, one that wasn't went viral yesterday what it seemed. The dramatic video shows A Man arrested, then released by the police once they'd checked his ID.

the post claimed that The Man in the video is a "Fbi Agent " was viewed over 4 million times on Twitter. This claim was repeated on Facebook and Instagram, the other parts of the video, where it racked up millions more views

In response, the Rochester Minnesota Police Department put out made it clear that the person is not a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents. The Incident occurred in June Last Year , when he was mistaken for a wanted man.

original post of the video on Instagram, includes a caption that explains the video from the year before, and contains no reference to The Fbi .

April arrest video

a video of A teenager, his nod was of a US Police Officer almost 10 million views generated in The Last few days.

The Incident occurred in April in Rancho Cordova , a city in Northern California . This was not clear, The Last post got retweeted More Than 100,000 times. It is also incorrectly identified the teenager as female.

The clip drew widespread criticism at The Time .

in the Meantime there is footage of the current protests has led to allegations of Police Brutality .

Video from the USA shows the police with batons and Tear Gas on protesters and journalists, the loose, apparently.

wrong year, wrong country,

This video claims to show US the police building On Fire , and was released on 28.

It is not only Old - it's 2015 - it was filmed in Another Country . It shows an explosion.

So, why are the people the exchange of the Old videos?

"it could be videos, compounding The Anger you feel and could be driven by attempts to get sow division and / or clicks," says Marianna spring, BBC-specialist in disinformation and Social Media reporter.

Conspiracy Theories

speculation about who may have been behind the protests that are found online.

Some of the claims are unfounded, others are completely wrong.

firstly, posts that went viral about George Soros .

Some of the influential right-wing figures like made unfounded claims that the Hungarian-American billionaire "funding" of the demonstrations.

supporters of the QAnon - a Conspiracy Theory about a "Deep State " secret coup against Donald Trump have shared similar claims.

More Than A Million posts and memes online have repeatedly agitators allegations to Mr Soros, the payment.

Mr Soros, whose Open Society foundations to provide financial support for A Number of civil society groups and progressive projects around The World ,

has responded to His organization, the latest blog posts, tweeting, protesting that "Mr. Soros and The Open Society Foundations, against all violence, and not pay people to".

rumours about foreign Countries

claims have circulated online, over Russia's involvement in the protests.

Viral tweets with thousands of shares to suggest that Russia was involved in the George Floyd's Death - as part of a military operation, or an elaborate plot. There is no evidence to support these claims.

This is not the rule, the idea that Russia or other Countries - could be involved by either the state media or networks of fake accounts - is fuelling the tensions online.

studies in Russian interference during the 2016 US presidential election showed, to infiltrate, groups, and pages run by US activists and the castle Black Lives matter groups.

Reporting of Flora Carmichael, Alistair Coleman, Joice Etutu, Jack Goodman , Shayan Sardarizadeh, Marianna spring, Olga Robinson, and Ben knit.

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Source of news: bbc.com