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Misleading videos flood social media following Champions League final

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 526 words · By James Thomas
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What to know about Misleading videos flood social media following Champions League final

Amid real images of violent celebrations in Paris following PSG's victory against Arsenal, many misleading and miscaptioned images have also emerged to push an anti-immigration narrative.

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What happened

Amid real images of violent celebrations in Paris following PSG's victory against Arsenal, many misleading and miscaptioned images have also emerged to push an anti-immigration narrative.

Why it matters

Violence erupted in Paris following PSG's victory against Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May, which saw the French side beat their English competitors on penalties.

Common ground

More than 890 people were arrested in connection with the celebrations, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France Inter.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a video that many social media users say shows the Eiffel Tower on fire”
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The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (Mail.Ru videos) and do not mention a video of the Eiffel Tower on fire.
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web search NEUTRAL — Видео @Mail.Ru - 255 видео. Все видео пользователя videomusic@corp.mail.ru смотреть онлайн в социальной сети Мой Мир.
https://my.mail.ru/corp/videomusic/video
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web search NEUTRAL — video_2024-03-23_09-07-30. Применяются рекомендательные технологии Прочитать правила их применении ...
https://m.my.mail.ru/internet.ru/jeremy_jeremy/video/_myvide…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ORIGINAL 2 Girls and 1 Cup :: video.mail.ru
https://my.mail.ru/video/embed/1213672214985965585?wmode=opa…
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Claim 2: “Paris' Public Prosecutor's Office said 225 adults and 87 minors were taken into police custody on the night of Saturday into Sunday”
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While there is evidence of general violence and arrests, the specific numbers (225 adults and 87 minors) from the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office are not found in the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is an independent body of the European Union (EU) with a juridical personality, established under the Treaty of Lisbon between 24 of the 27 states of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Public_Prosecutor's_O…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Zahia affair is a series of legal proceedings that took place in France starting from 2010, involving several players of the French football team and Zahia Dehar, a victim of child sex trafficking…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahia_affair
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In France, the Public Prosecutor is the magistrate of the public prosecutor's office responsible for criminal prosecution within the jurisdiction of a judicial court. The prosecutor is assisted by dep…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_(France)
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Claim 3: “More than 890 people were arrested in connection with the celebrations, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France Inter”
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Multiple web search results confirm Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told France Inter that nearly 900 (specifically cited as 'nearly 900' and 'a huge number') people were arrested.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Laurent Marie Joseph Nuñez-Belda (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃ nuɲɛs bɛlda]; born 19 February 1964) is a French senior civil servant and politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Nuñez
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of ministers of the interior of France (French: Ministres de l'Intérieur).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interior_ministers_of_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minister of the Interior (French: Ministre de l'Intérieur, pronounced [ministʁ d(ə) lɛ̃teʁjœʁ]) is the interior minister of the government of France, traditionally responsible for internal securit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_the_Interior_(Fran…
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Claim 4: “the account that originally shared the clip... says the tower is shrouded in smoke following the start of a fire on the banks of the Seine nearby”
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No evidence was gathered or provided for this claim.
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Claim 5: “the French side beat their English competitors on penalties”
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Five independent news sources (Deutsche Welle, France24, EuroNews, The Hindu, CNBC) all explicitly state that PSG defeated Arsenal on penalties in the final.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League was the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Champions_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 UEFA Champions League will be the 72nd season of Europe's premier football tournament organised by UEFA and the 35th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_UEFA_Champions_League
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Claim 6: “Police officers can also be seen firing tear gas to disperse crowds”
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BBC News and other web search results confirm police used tear gas to disperse crowds in Paris, although some results refer to different protests; the BBC specifically links it to the city centre context.
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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The police used tear gas to disperse riots that sparked during the New Popular Front rally in downtown Paris.In response, the police used tear gas. According to the updated informati…
https://tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2024/07/08/3118631/french-poli…
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web search NEUTRAL — ___ PARIS - Police fired tear gas and blocked demonstrators from marching through Paris to protest police brutality and racial injustice. The tear gas began just as a group of extreme-right counter de…
https://www.dailyherald.com/20200613/news/the-latest-police-…
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web search NEUTRAL — PARIS (Sputnik) - Clashes between the French police and demonstrators broke out at May Day rallies in Paris on Sunday, forcing law enforcement officers to use tear gas several times, according to a Sp…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20220501/police-fire-tear-gas-to-di…
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Claim 7: “three people were killed, and others were wounded, in a shooting that the French authorities say was a racially motivated hate crime”
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Claim 8: “Another video circulating widely shows overturned cars, street fires, and people smashing up a bus stop... this video is old and does not show violence in Paris following the PSG-Arsenal game”
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Claim 9: “the annual Ganesh festival... has been celebrated by Paris' Tamil community for around 30 years”
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Claim 10: “Violence erupted in Paris following PSG's victory against Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May”
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Multiple web search results and cross-references confirm that violence erupted in Paris following PSG's victory over Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest on May 30, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain (French: [paʁi sɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃], PA-ree-SAUH-sher-MON), PSG, Paris, or Paris SG, is a French professional football club based i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain FC are the most popular football club in France and one of the most widely followed teams in the world. Its home ground, the Parc des Princes has hosted the team since July 1974. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC_support…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 season was Arsenal Football Club's 33rd season in the Premier League, their 99th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, and 108th season in the top flight overall. In ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Arsenal_F.C._season
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Claim 11: “video... with captions saying that "shirtless Sri Lankan men" were smashing coconuts in the streets of Paris and making a mess following the match... the clip actually depicts the annual Ganesh festival”
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Claim 12: “Images have emerged online showing flares being set off, vehicles and bikes burning on roads and people smashing shopfronts”
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Three separate web search results describe the same visual evidence: flares, burning vehicles/bikes, and smashed shopfronts in Paris.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Images have emerged online showing flares being set off, vehicles and bikes burning on roads and people smashing shop fronts. Police ...
https://www.facebook.com/euronews/videos/fake-videos-surface…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... VIOLENT CLASHES fans&police 대미 between FIRES& DAMAGE Flares, burning vehicles damaged businesses POLICE ... Viral visuals showed burning ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY_DcbiCj1I/?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 6, 2026 ... Images have emerged online showing flares being set off, vehicles and bikes burning on roads and people smashing shopfronts. Police officers ...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/03/paris-violence…
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Claim 13: “three people died: two men who fell into the River Seine and a third who was killed in a motorcycle accident”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of the number 3 and the Seine river, but no news report confirming these specific deaths occurred during the PSG celebrations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seine River 23A is a First Nations reserve in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is one of three reserves of the Seine River First Nation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine_River_23A
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seine (French: [sɛn] ) is a former department of France (1795–1968), which encompassed Paris and its immediate suburbs. Named after the river Seine which flowed through it, it was the only enclaved de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine_(department)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Seine ( sayn, sen; French: [sɛn] ) is a 777-kilometre-long (483 mi) river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern Fra…
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Claim 14: “the video dates back to 2022, in the aftermath of a shooting against Paris' Kurdish community”
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Claim 15: “Scores were also injured, including police officers who were struck by shrapnel”
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The evidence provided for this claim contains only dictionary definitions of the word 'numerous' and a YouTube channel; no independent news sources corroborate the injuries to police officers by shrapnel.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of NUMEROUS is consisting of great numbers of units or individuals; also : many. How to use numerous in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/numerous
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web search NEUTRAL — (Definition of numerous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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web search NEUTRAL — Hello! Welcome to my channel! My name is Numerous! I do ROBLOX content and looking forward to many more in the future! I'm all about the fun! Looking forward...
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