A video shared on social media claimed to show hundreds ofVenezuelans fleeing to Brazil after the June earthquakes. The images circulated as proof of the displacement of people caused by the earthquakes in Venezuela.
However, fact-checking revealed the images are real but were recorded before the tragedy and in a different country. The video does not correspond to the June events.
This disinformation spread rapidly on social media, deceiving many users who believed they were seeing recent images from the earthquakes. Independent verification confirmed it was old and decontextualized material.
This case illustrates how old content can be repurposed during news events to create false narratives on social media.
