After one of many largest-ever far-right protests in Britain, an outdated video was shared in posts falsely claiming it depicted the “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London. The drone footage beforehand circulated in posts about an independence day march in Poland’s capital Warsaw in November 2023 and corresponds to Google Avenue View imagery of the route taken by attendees.
“The largest demonstration within the historical past of Europe. Over a million folks joined the Unite the Kingdom nationalism protest in London,” reads a part of the simplified Chinese language caption of a Weibo video posted on September 14, 2025.
“Their main demand is ‘to take again the UK’ — with a give attention to freedom of speech, nationwide safety, social safety, and immigration points.”
The video reveals an aerial view of protesters waving flags and flares as they pack a bridge and a metropolis avenue.
Screenshot of the false Weibo put up captured on September 19, 2025, with a crimson X added by AFP
The video was additionally shared in comparable Douyin, YouTube and X posts, in addition to by Chinese language media retailers in posts after as much as 150,000 folks had gathered at a far-right rally within the British capital on September 13 (archived hyperlink).
Attendees — many draped in English and British flags — rallied close to Downing Avenue for speeches by figures related to the far proper from throughout Europe and North America, together with billionaire X proprietor Elon Musk.
Some connected photos of slain right-wing American activist Charlie Kirk to their placards, whereas different indicators included slogans like “cease the boats” and derided Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Police stated they made 25 arrests and 26 officers have been injured as clashes broke out after some attendees tried to enter so-called “sterile areas” close to counter-protesters.
The video circulating on-line, nevertheless, doesn’t present the London protest.
A reverse picture search on Google utilizing keyframes from the falsely shared video led to the identical footage posted by a Poland-based person on X on November 11, 2023 (archived hyperlink).
The watermark within the top-right nook of the falsely shared video additionally matches the X person’s deal with.
The video’s caption says it reveals drone footage of Poland’s annual independence day march: “Wonderful scenes as tons of of hundreds took to the road to rejoice Poland!”
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared video (left) and the video shared on X in November 2023 (proper)
The identical person additionally posted an uncropped model of the footage on YouTube (archived hyperlink).
AFP reported the independence day rally in Poland’s capital Warsaw was attended by tens of hundreds of far-right supporters who chanted anti-European Union slogans amid a sea of crimson and white Polish flags (archived hyperlink).
Pictures of the 2023 rally taken by AFP equally present contributors waving the nationwide flag and holding up flares.
Irish broadcaster RTE reported that contributors adopted a route taken every November 11 for the previous decade which took them throughout Poniatowski Bridge earlier than they gathered at Poland’s Nationwide Stadium to listen to speeches from far-right leaders (archived hyperlink).
The falsely shared video additionally corresponds to Google Avenue View imagery of the Poniatowski Bridge (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared video (left) and Google Avenue View imagery of the Poniatowski Bridge (proper), with corresponding options highlighted by AFP
AFP beforehand debunked one other declare that misrepresented the identical video as an anti-government protest in 2024.
