Claim: The photo shows protestors waving a Soviet Union flag in Portland at the Black Lives Matter protest.
Fact-check: Misleading: Popular photo of USSR flag-waving protestors not related to this year's Black Lives Matter movement | annie lab
Verdict: misleading. the two-year-old image has been used misleadingly by activists and politicians, sometimes in comparison with the protests in hong kong.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Sophie Mak 麥希如
Date published: 2020-08-07T06:58:54