Did hundreds of people gather in Paris, on the Trocadéro esplanade, to denounce an opening ceremony of the Olympic Games? occult and satanic “? This is what dozens of Internet users have been wrongly claiming on social networks in recent hours. Their assertion, viewed several million times, is based on a video taken out of context.
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The video went viral in just a few hours. It shows hundreds of people gathered in Paris, on the Trocadéro esplanade, facing the Eiffel Tower. Some are singing, holding the French flag, while others are holding placards that read ” Jesus loves you “.
Please note, this video has been taken out of context.
French and English accounts sharing the images claim the scene is recent. It allegedly shows ” Jesus cult breaks out in the streets of Paris following an occult and satanic ceremony “.
Upon verification, this video was taken out of context. Through a reverse image search, we know that this video first appeared online on Instagram on May 25, 2024, two months before the opening of the Olympic Games. It was filmed and posted by Pastor Jean-Luc Trachsel, at the time of the March for Jesus.
A national event, organized every year by an evangelical federation, but with no connection to the Paris Olympic Games.
While exchanges on certain social networks, such as X, may give the impression that the protest against the opening ceremony is massive, a Harris poll carried out for the organisers of the Olympic Games shows that 86% of French people consider that the opening ceremony was ” a success “.