Don't believe everything you read on the Internet, kids!
, and many others in different parts of the world took part — and are still taking part until September 27th — in the huge worldwide event, calling for action to address the Climate Emergency. But it seems some people are raining on this pro-environment parade by spreading a false photo online, showing waste protesters supposedly left at Hyde Park in Australia.
The photo making its rounds on the Facebook shows trash scattered across a lawn, and some people have been reposting the image, claiming that it's the aftermath of the climate strike at Hyde Park in Sydney. The Australian Youth Coal Coalition wrote,"Look at the mess today's climate protesters left behind in beautiful Hyde Park. So much plastic. So much landfill. So sad." They have since deleted the post.
The truth is that this photo was not even taken in Sydney, Australia, but in Hyde Park in London, England. This same photo was actually used back in April also to spread misinformation, with social media users and climate change deniers claiming that this mess was caused by the group Extinction Rebellion, who have been calling for the government to take action on the declining state of Mother Earth.
But as The Hemp Trading Company clarified back then, this was not the work of pro-environment protests, but a pro-cannabis event who were in close proximity to Extinction Rebellion."This is
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