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The truth is the video was first uploaded in 2015, has nothing to do with the Olympics, and isn’t even real fireworks. We’re not sure who decided to create this in the latest of many fabulous but fabricated stories during the pandemic (those dolphins in Venice, priests dancing to Jerusalema!)… but it’s taken off faster than an Olympic sprinter! And the reason is that unfortunately this is fake.

But there’s no mention of it on the Tokyo Olympic website or social media channels. The video is spectacular, and very enjoyable. Some added: “As much as I feel emotional watching this, but there is nothing we can do, except enjoy the Olympic fireworks set off under the beautiful Mount Fuji.” Please enjoy the Olympic fireworks under the beautiful Mount Fuji.” The message – copied and pasted by most people – announces very movingly that since the Olympics had to be postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic, unfortunately the fireworks for the opening ceremony could not be stored that long… and so “the Olympic fireworks are displayed at this time. This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform.Social media has been going crazy in the past 24 hours, sharing a video of what is said to be a fireworks display for the Tokyo Olympics in Japan.

“Even if it is a simulation, that’s still one heck of a show, bravo,” another user commented. “Are you here because someone claim it’s from Tokyo Olympic 2020?” one commenter wrote. YouTube users commenting on the video admitted they’d believed the false posts and pointed out the lack of smoke in the air in the computer-generated display. Lukas Trötzmüller, the Austrian software developer who created FWsim, confirmed to The Associated Press in an email that the video was made with his software. The YouTube user who posted the video has posted several other simulated fireworks videos in recent years, according to the user’s profile. But it doesn’t show an Olympic fireworks display, nor a real one, for that matter.Īn internet search for the video reveals it previously appeared on YouTube in 2015, under the title “FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized Fireworks Show2.”įWsim is a digital fireworks simulation software, according to its website. The video was shared globally on Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and other social media. Please enjoy the Olympic fireworks under the beautiful Mount Fuji. “The Olympics cannot be opened because of the Pandemic, but these fireworks cannot be stored until 2021, so the Olympic fireworks are displayed at this time. “Prepared by Tokyo for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games,” wrote one Facebook user. Social media users claimed the clip captured a recent fireworks display which was prepared for the 2020 Summer Games, but still occurred on schedule despite the Olympics’ postponement.

Fwsim mount fuji synchronized fireworks show2