A video showing mostly altered photographs and miscaptioned videos of Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is being shared online alongside claims that the images reflect his support for Palestinians.
A Facebook post published on Oct. 27, 2023, sharing the video compilation that lasts over one minute had more than 21,000 views at the time of publishing.
The caption reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo Full support palestine.”Reuters ImageIn the first video clip of the circulating compilation, Ronaldo is framed by a poster and map overlaid on the video and he says: “We know that you have been suffering a lot.
@SavetheChildren.”The compilation of the miscaptioned images then continues to show a variety of suggestive clips and images.
The videos and images in the video compilation pre-date the 2023 Israel-Hamas war and many are altered or miscaptioned.
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