UNRELATED to Ukraine and it’s current situation (2022). FACT: the shared video is footage of a fireworks explosion that happened in Ontario, California, United States, last year (2021).
More in the EXPLANATION and REFERENCES section.
CATEGORY: False context.
SOURCE: TikTok, https://archive.ph/l6NdW (backup archive).
NARRATIVE: “#ukraine #firing #today #fyp #😭😭😭😭😭”.
EXPLANATION
Based on 7 Types of Mis- and Disinformation by First Draft News, classified as “False context: When genuine context is shared with false contextual information.” [1]
The SOURCE shared footage of a fireworks explosion that happened in Ontario, California, United States with false contextual information, which has caused FALSE conclusion.
Video Verification
A footage (recorded from different angle) shared on March 18, 2021, JohanaBeascoechea: “An explosion happened near my house do to fireworks!! Ontario California / 2 fatalities #Ontarioexplosion ” [2]
Other Related References
Search result on TikTok, keyword: “fireworks explosion ontario california” [3]
Google search – Videos, keyword: “fireworks explosion ontario california” [4]
Google search – News, keyword: “fireworks explosion ontario california” [5]
REFERENCES
[1] firstdraftnews.org: “Understanding Information disorder”, https://bit.ly/34P3vBc / https://archive.md/02Dro (backup archive).
[2] tiktok.com/@jbeascoe, https://bit.ly/3C8wjVl / https://bit.ly/3C4EC4i (backup archive).
[3] tiktok.com, https://bit.ly/3HyRRLJ (backup archive).
[4] google.com, https://bit.ly/346XVNX / https://bit.ly/3Hvr42N (backup archive).
[5] google.com, https://bit.ly/3prL9ks / https://bit.ly/3IBtMFj (backup archive).