Clip of French president slapped at meet and greet was filmed in June 2021, not November 2022

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A clip of French President Emmanuel Macron being slapped across the face at a meet-and-greet with members of the public was filmed in June 2021, but users shared the clip in November 2022 with false claims that the president had been slapped again.

In June, a court ordered Damien Tarel, the man who slapped Macron on June 8, to serve four months in jail, BFM TV reported at the time (here).

Although the incident was covered widely by the media, users shared another angle of the same incident in November 2022 with claims that the president had been hit again.

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