Fact Check: Viral video showing colleagues discussing New Year eve plans during office Zoom meet is SCRIPTED for entertainment purpose
Viral video showing colleagues discussing New Year eve plans during office Zoom meet is SCRIPTED for entertainment purpose
A video of a group of people arguing about their New Year eve plans during an office Zoom call became viral. In the video, one person was interrupted by interrupted his colleagues and asked to speak in English because they can't understand Hindi. This leads to a heated argument.
Posts with the video claimed there was a disagreement among colleagues because one person was speaking in Hindi during the team’s Zoom meeting. One of the user posted with a caption: Kalesh b/w Colleagues over one Guy was speaking Hindi during Team Zoom meeting.”
Kalesh b/w Colleagues over one Guy was speaking Hindi during Team Zoom meeting pic.twitter.com/iiCnvpsc7V
— Ghar Ke Kalesh (@gharkekalesh) December 30, 2023
Fact Check:
The claim is False.
After conducting a reverse search on key frames from the viral video, we discovered that it was posted on Instagram on December 22, 2023, by a user named Rahul Salim. The caption accompanying the post included a disclaimer, clarifying that the video was created for entertainment purposes and intended as a light-hearted representation of corporate life.
Moreover, we found several videos showing colleagues arguing during office Zoom calls in a similar manner. It was also noticed that some participants appeared in all of these videos, suggesting that they were planned or staged.
Hence, the video being shared is a scripted one made for entertainment but being shared as a real incident.