There is a video circulating of a middle-aged man kissing a young girl at a party and giving her a ring. Users projected them as husband and wife and from minority communities by posting the video with derogatory and abusive captions.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Paul Golding (“@GoldingBF“) tweeted “Can someone please verify if this is a genuine Islamic child marriage please?”. The tweet was made on Oct 27, 2023, which received an about 562.6k views.
Can someone please verify if this is a genuine Islamic child marriage please? https://t.co/s6s0KEp2DQ
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) October 27, 2023
@naveenjindalbjp tweeted the 50 seconds video and asked the other users to verify and check the fact that is being spread on the social medi before the comments are marked by @zoo_bear, @vinodkapri, @ajitanjum. The video showed the young girl receiving a ring and a kiss from a middle-aged man at a party.
कोई फैक्ट चैक करके बताएगा या @zoo_bear @khanumarfa @vinodkapri @ajitanjum कोई अपनी मानवीय टिप्पणी करेंगे? pic.twitter.com/NxUYa2sioR
— Naveen Kr Jindal 🇮🇳 (@naveenjindalbjp) October 27, 2023
@MeghUpdates shared the angry reaction by writing “No comments” on X. The post went viral after reaching to an almost 1.6M views, contributing to the spread of the information.
No comments 🤬pic.twitter.com/BDxfgdV5jx
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) October 27, 2023
Many other users, including Kreately.in (“@KreatelyMedia“), Azzat Alsaleem (“@AzzatAlsaleem“) claimed the same that it’s an embarrassing situation in the video. According to the users, it’s a familar video of a 9 years old child and a 50 years old man. @LibsFails also claimed that it’s a familiar video. It is similar to like When Aishah was nine years old, the prophet Muhammad consummated their marriage and at the age of six of Aishah, Prophet Muhammad wed Aishah. The user also added that Palestinians are insane. Many of the users deleted their tweets later.
Accounts sharing this: @kingkapoor72 @DaveAtherton20
What is the Actual Truth About the Video? : Fact
Investigating further, we discovered an Instagram post from the girl’s mother referring to them as father and daughter, and further investigation revealed an Instagram post from the man referring to the occasion as his daughter’s first Communion.
gino_coppola posted on Instagram that her daughter wanted to be treated like a princess on her communion day. He added, he loves his daughter and hopes that he had met her expectations and kept all her words.
Check out the video posted by gino_coppola and rosyreyofficial_ :
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
1275
— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 29, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video is being spread where a middle-aged man presenting a ring to a young girl and kissing her at a party. Users shared the video with negative and abusive captions to project them as husband-wife and from minority communities. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/32HOFQMNvq
Intent:
Extremists are circulating out-of-context videos with false derogatory claims to target a particular community.
Conclusion:
Claim : A middle-aged man is seen kissing a young girl at a party and giving her a ring in a video that is going viral. In order to portray themselves as husband and wife and members of minority communities, users posted the video with derogatory and abusive captions.
Fact : We discovered an Instagram post from the girl’s mother that explicitly identified them as father and daughter. Additionally, we discovered an Instagram post from the man that described the occasion as his daughter’s first Communion.
