00:00Fake Charlie Hebdo cover Attacking Moldova Pride circulates online.
00:07French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again been targeted by pro-Russian actors,
00:13who this time have used its likeness to attack the LGBT movement in Moldova.
00:17This image, posted on Telegram and other social media networks,
00:21states that Moldova has chosen a new religion.
00:24It depicts people at Moldova's Pride march, brandishing the LGBT rainbow and Moldovan flags,
00:30chasing away an Orthodox priest.
00:32Comments from some users sharing the image read that the priest is hounded by a crowd of crazed perverts,
00:38while others say that Moldova is being pulled towards Europe, whose religion is sodomy.
00:43However, the statements are all based on misinformation.
00:46Taking a look at the fake front cover, we can see that it has the edition number 1716
00:51and that it was published on the 10th of June.
00:54A search on Charlie Hebdo's official website reveals that the magazine
00:57didn't actually publish an issue on the 10th of June.
01:00The closest we get is the 11th of June, which has the issue number 1716
01:04and we can see that this front cover is completely different to the one being shared online.
01:09This issue doesn't deal with Moldova's Pride celebrations at all.
01:13Rather, it's mocking France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleur,
01:17who's also the leader of the Conservative Le Républicain party,
01:20for his stance on the fishing industry.
01:22Retailleur has often been a vocal critic of LGBT rights,
01:26including opposing the 2013 Mariage pour tous law that legalised same-sex marriage in France.
01:32Moldova's Pride march took place on the 15th of June and was subject to other false reports at the time,
01:38such as incorrect claims that a counter-protest against supposed LGBT propaganda was met with police brutality.
01:44But ultimately, this turned out to be false,
01:47with EU vs Disinfo reporting that pro-Russian actors harassed the Pride march
01:52and that police were firm but fair in keeping them apart.
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