Does a photo circulating online show a signal jammer installed by police in Dover to block the livestreaming of anti-immigration protests? No, that's not true: The photo predates recent immigration protests by several years. Additionally, there is no evidence that signal jammers were installed at Dover before or during the early October 2026 protests.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) made by the account @HJB_News__ on Oct. 4, 2026. The post included an image of what looked like a signal jammer on a roadway, with a caption that read:
Kent police have put signal blockers near cruise terminal in Dover to prevent people from live streaming the invasion.
This is what the image looked like on X:
(Image source: post by @HJB_News__ on X.)
Dover is a port town in Kent, England. It was the site of anti-immigration and counter-protests in early 2026 (archived here), as migrants often enter the country through the area. Kent police heavily monitored the area during these demonstrations (archived here).
A Bing reverse image search of the image revealed that it has been online for several years. One website, based in Turkey, featured the image (archived here) which has a URL that says "January2023" (archived here). Another website based in China had a similar image (archived here) and video (archived here) of a signal jammer. The video was labeled as posted in 2022.
There is no evidence that signal jammers, which are used to interrupt wireless communication (archived here), have been placed in Dover as a response to the demonstrations. A video posted on Facebook Reels (archived here) and released by Kent Police on Oct. 2, 2026, discusses its enforcement successes in Dover. It does not show or mention signal jammers. Images from demonstrations held in Dover on Oct. 3, 2026, do not show any devices resembling the pictured signal jammer (archived here).
Lead Stories reached out to the Kent Police for comment on the claim and will update this story with any relevant response.
