False: The video in which Flamengo fans allegedly curse Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during a football match in Rio de Janeiro is false. The piece is the result of a montage made on TikTok, which uses audio from voters of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) during a rally held in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, on October 18.
Investigated Content: Video that circulates on TikTok, in which Flamengo fans appear allegedly cursing the presidential candidate Lula during a football match at Maracanã.
where it was published: TikTok.
Completion of Proof: The video published on TikTok is false, which suggests that Flamengo fans called presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) a thief during a football match at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The audio accompanying the images is not original. It actually comes from a video posted on the platform on October 19th. The sound was captured at a rally held in the city of São Gonçalo (RJ), which was attended by the President of the Republic and candidate for reelection, Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The montage with Flamengo fans was published on October 20. The same audio has already been inserted into over 100 TikTok videos.
Falsefor Comprova, is content invented or edited to change its original meaning and deliberately disclosed to spread a falsehood.
Scope of publication: As of October 26, the content had over 5,700 likes, 276 comments, over 82,000 views and 2,100 shares.
What does the publisher say?: TikTok does not allow direct messaging between accounts that do not follow each other, so the person responsible for the publication was not contacted. The team searched for a profile with similar identification on other networks, but was not successful.
How do we check: Comprova started the verification from TikTok itself, immediately identifying that the audio had already been used in other montages. From then on, he accessed the video with the original audio, where he found that it was a rally with the participation of Bolsonaro and Cláudio Castro in São Gonçalo.
The team then performed Google searches using words such as “Bolsonaro”, “rally” and “São Gonçalo”, which returned publications from the Power 360, UOL and AFP about the political event.
The team also used Invid, a tool for analyzing videos and images. With the feature, it was possible to divide the recording into frames, used to perform reverse search on the internet. The original video of the match could not be found.
Video audio is shared on TikTok posts
Audio from the video in which Flamengo fans allegedly curse Lula as a thief has already been shared in more than 100 other videos on TikTok since October 19. The original publication was made by a user of the platform, identified as Leandro Melo, and concerns an excerpt from an event organized by the mayor of the city of São Gonçalo, metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Capitão Nelson (PL), with support from the his son, Douglas Ruas (PL), the second most voted state deputy in the state. The act took place on October 18 and was attended by Bolsonaro and the re-elected governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL).
In the verified post, you can see a circle rotating in the lower right corner. The symbol shows who originally posted the audio and uses the profile picture responsible for the recording. You can see other posts that used the same recording by clicking on the icon.
In the original video, posted the day after the rally took place, it is possible to identify the moment when voters of the candidate for reelection chant the war cry with attacks on Lula when they see a helicopter flying over the political event. It is observed in the passage that the political authorities are on stage.
Assembly with Flamengo fans is after the video of the rally
The Comprova team used several tools to try to identify the original recording of the video, but without success. However, details such as the Flamengo jerseys from the 2013 and 2014 seasons, used by most fans, and the physical facilities of the stadium, which was renovated for the 2014 World Cup, indicate that the images date back to 2013.
why do we investigate: Comprova investigates suspicious content about the pandemic, public policies of the federal government and the elections. False or misleading publications involving presidential candidates, such as the piece verified here, can lead to misinterpretations of reality and influence voters at the time of voting. There is a considerable amount of distorted video airing, which attempts to falsely influence voters. Citizens have the right to base their choices on true and reliable information.
Other checks on the topic: Recent investigations by Comprova confirmed that excerpt in which Lula’s interview was taken out of context to suggest contempt for the poorestthat the actor and comedian Marcelo Madureira is not the author of a text criticizing Lula is that Video deceives by suggesting that Lula forced a kiss at a rally.
Investigated by: Metrópoles, Alma Preta and Correio; Verified by: Folha de S.Paulo, Plural Curitiba, Correio Braziliense, Estado de S.Paulo, O Dia and CBN Cuiabá
Source: CNN Brasil
