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1. On March 30, 2023, a Twitter user shared a video in which a number of objects suspected of being human organs were placed on the table. The accompanying text pointed out that it showed a German butcher shop selling human flesh.
2. After verification, the online video is actually a promotional activity organized by the game manufacturer Capcom in 2012 to promote the video game “Resident Evil 6”. The event was held at a meat market in London, England, where the “human hands and feet” were made from meat such as ham and sausages.
judgement result:The video posted on the Internet did not show that a German butcher shop was selling human flesh, but was actually a promotional activity for the video game “Resident Evil”, so it was judged to be wrong.
background
On March 30, 2023, a Twitter user shared aFilm, in which several objects that appear to be human organs are placed on the countertop. The accompanying article said, “Germany’s disgusting butcher shop sells human flesh”, referring to the video showing that a butcher shop in Germany is selling human flesh.Similar tweets are alsoherespread.
By the time of writing, the tweet had been retweeted 47 times, received 5 quotes and 103 likes.
check
HKBU Fact Check searched for the source of the video through a reverse image search engine and found that Reuters (Reuters) published a paragraph on September 27, 2012Film. After comparison, the scene of the film is basically the same as that of the online video, and the dialogues of the characters in the film are all conducted in English. The title and brief introduction of Reuters video show that game maker Capcom opened a “human meat butchery” in the Smithfield meat market (Smithfield meat market) in London, England, to promote its latest video game “Resident Evil”. Crisis 6 (Resident Evil 6).
According to a Reuters article, the man who appeared at 0:29 of the online video is Adam Merrett, Capcom’s British public relations manager. “Resident Evil has always been about survival horror, and (players) taking action to survive this post-apocalyptic world, so (this campaign) kind of brings that to life,” he said. “We thought, if there was a room in Smithfield Human slaughterhouse, you can smell death, what would you do, how would you react if you put yourself in a hopeless situation?” (Resident Evil has always been about that survival horror, that action to break up and survive this apocalypse so to speak, so it’s kind of about bringing that to reality and we thought, having a human butchery in Smithfield where you can literally smell the death puts you in that situation of if there was no hope left what would you do, how would you react?)
The article also pointed out that the products offered by the campaign included “human” hands, feet, faces and ears, and although they did not appear to be edible, they were all made from meats such as smoked ham and sausage that were safe to eat.
The game media “CVG” released YouTube in September 2012FilmIntroducing the campaign, and more photos of the campaign can also be found athereturn up. The scenes in these images are consistent with the scenes of the online video, and it can be determined that the online video shows the promotional event site of the video game.
in conclusion
The video posted on the Internet does not show a German butcher shop selling human flesh, but a promotional activity for the video game “Resident Evil”.
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