An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that shows a poster issued by activist group Extinction Rebellion stating “Corona is the cure, humans are the disease.”
Below is a screenshot of the post:, The image was also shared on Facebook here, here, here and here. Craig Kelly, a Liberal member of the Australian Parliament, shared the image here., The claim is false., A keyword search\xa0found that the image was originally tweeted on March 24, 2020 here by an account named XREastMidlands (@XR_East). The account has since been suspended from Twitter., Below is a screenshot of the archived tweet:, Extinction Rebellion replied to the tweet on March 25, 2020 denouncing the message and denying any affiliation with the account., "This account is not managed by Extinction Rebellion UK or Extinction Rebellion East Midlands, and these messages are in no way a representation of the principles and values held by the movement and so are not the movement. We are investigating this now,” the tweet reads., This account is not managed by Extinction Rebellion UK or Extinction Rebellion East Midlands, and these messages are in no way a representation of the principles and values held by the movement and so are not the movement. We are investigating this now., , Another tweet published here on March 27, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion UK also condemned the poster., “Yesterday, an account @xr_east tweeted a pic with a poster advocating eco-fascist views about #COVID2019 & humanity. These views are against our values & #ExtinctionRebellion condemn them. We are investigating who was behind this post but took swift action against the account,” the tweet reads., Yesterday, an account @xr_east tweeted a pic with a poster advocating eco-fascist views about #COVID2019 & humanity. These views are against our values & #ExtinctionRebellion condemn them. We are investigating who was behind this post but took swift action against the account. pic.twitter.com/wjhYID5Cwg, , , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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