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2024-03-17 20:28:21 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5C69DE47B02E13AC799CD34F891C1FFC0167243D2DC7CD0378F640B1FF428AE6
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This is a transphobic rumor that was picked up by far-right fringe groups, Yellow Jackets sympathizers and anti-vax activists. In December 2021, a French court convicted two women of libel for spreading transphobic rumors about France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron. https://www.politico.eu/article/brigitte-emmanuel-macron-fake-news-two-women-convicted-for-spreading-transphobic-rumors-about-brigitte/ https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/02/15/brigitte-macron-deux-femmes-condamnees-pour-avoir-affirme-que-lepouse-demmanuel-macron-est-un-homme-11000376.php https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2021/12/20/derriere-la-rumeur-sur-brigitte-macron-la-crainte-de-la-trumpisation-des-debats-en-france_6106782_4355770.html
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