Pages and accounts on social media circulated a video showing a father abusing his child, accompanied by claims that the incident had occurred recently in the city of Damascus, along with circulating information about the father's identity and place of residence.
The Kashaf team contacted a relative of the child, and it emerged that the clip dates back about a year and a half, and that the case was handled at the time by the competent authorities and is not related to a new incident. The source stated that the father was subjected to legal accountability and received a prison sentence, while custody of the child was transferred to his mother, with whom he now lives in a stable situation. Verification showed that recirculating the clip at present without noting its real date or the measures taken over it could lead recipients to believe the incident happened recently, which the available facts do not support.
Why is this claim misleading?
Old video recirculated out of context: The claim relied on an old clip dating back about a year and a half that was already dealt with legally, and it was recirculated now without noting its real date or the measures taken over it, suggesting the incident happened recently and misleading recipients about its timing.
