Reported 12 months ago
On July 3, 2024, the Taiwan FactCheck Center reported on the false rumor circulating online about a video claiming a Paris cathedral was lighting the Olympic torch, debunking it by identifying the footage as from a different event at the Florence Cathedral in Italy and a concert by the German band Rammstein. The Paris 2024 Olympics torch relay had not yet reached Paris as of July 4, following a planned route through various cities in France before reaching Paris on July 14 and opening day on July 26. International fact-check organizations have confirmed the video as fake, with the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral being unrelated to the footage. The Notre Dame Cathedral, which suffered a fire in 2019, is set to reopen in 2024.
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