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Trending Video: Paris Terror Victims Solidarity March Clashes With Anti-Islamist Protest in Lille

  • by: Maarten Schenk
  • (Sat, 14 Nov 2015 20:11:28 Z)
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Des images du rassemblement lillois, cet après-midi, à Lille, place de la République. L'article ➡ http://vdn.lv/4xVrFR

Posted by La Voix du Nord Lille on Saturday, November 14, 2015

About a thousand people were marching in solidarity with the victims of the Paris terror attacks in the northern French town of Lille when several right-wing anti-islamist protestors tried to push their way in. A confrontation ensued and the police had to intervene to keep the two groups apart.

The video has been widely shared and is being watched over 100,000 times per hour.

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Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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