Fact check: Did Brazilians participate in PM Modi's '9-minutes light off' activity?

Recently, the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a number of fake stories being circulated on social. While some of these stories promise an unbeatable cure to the coronavirus and others conspire the origin of it. But one common link between all these stories doing rounds on social media is that they are unverified and fake pieces of information. A new video with false claims has now gone viral on social media. 

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Claim -

Recently, PM Narendra Modi had appealed Indian citizens to light candles, lamps or turn on mobile phone flashes in order to mark the war against coronavirus. Now, a video going viral on the internet is claiming that people from Brazil also observed this activity. The video shows Brazilian people on the streets with their phone flashlights on and playing music on the streets. 

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Rating - False

Various sources have confirmed now that the video is fake. Though the Brazilan citizens did take to the streets and lit their flashlights, it wasn't done on April 4, 2020. The original video was posted on Facebook over two weeks ago. The act of Brazilian citizens coming together to lit torches of their mobile phones had no connection with Pm Narendra Modi appealing Indian citizens to do the same. 

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Origin - 

The video was shared by a Facebook user who claimed that television channels of Brazil showcased PM Modi's video on their regional news channels, which prompted them to carry out the activity. The video was then shared by many Facebook users and it quickly became viral. Check out snippets of the video below -

Google Trends analysis - 

The video quickly rose to fame and went viral on Facebook and other social media platforms. This resulted in a number of people searching for the video's credibility on Google. Check it out below - 

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