A distressing video showing a young lady harassed by some men is going viral on the social media site X(Twitter). Users on X are fervently sharing this video and claiming a foreign female tourist was sexually harassed in India.

Crime Reports India, an account on X which is known for spreading communal misinformation and hatred shared a video on X and wrote: “India, A foreign female tourist sexually harassed in India. The men are seen touching and grabbing her as she is scared and protesting. Its unbelievable how dangerous it is for women to travel in India”.

Moreover, Sulaiman Ahmed, a fake news peddler, under the guise of an investigative Journalist, also shared this video and claimed: “FOREIGN FEMALE TOURIST SEXUALLY HARASSED IN INDIA”

This post has garnered more than I million views on X.

Subsequently, other users also shared this video and made similar claims.

Fact-Check

The DFRAC team investigated the above viral video by converting it into keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, the team found a similar video on a YouTube channel with the caption: “Creepy guys harass Japanese female streamer while trying to take a photo with her”. Moreover, the video was uploaded in the Year 2021.

Upon investigating further, we discovered a media report by Sportskeeda from the year 2021 revealing that the woman seen in the viral video is a Japanese IRL Twitch streamer named Sushipotato who has had a history of being harassed in public during her livestreams. The streamer can often be seen walking in the streets of Japan while livestreaming and interacting with strangers.

However, more often than not, this turns out to be a poor choice.

Furthermore, the report mentioned: Sushipotato was livestreaming with her cameraman, and she came across 3 male fans who asked to take a photo with her. She was excited to meet fans and happily obliged to take a few photographs. Since the Twitch streamer was wearing a low-cut top, she decided to cover her chest for the photograph. It turns out that Sushipotato’s decision to cover her body didn’t settle in too well with the male fans as one of them requested her to remove the hand for the photo. When the streamer declined to do so, another man forcefully grabbed her hand and tried to remove it. Even though Sushipotato was enraged, she still allowed her fans to click the photo”.

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video claiming a foreign female tourist was sexually harassed in India is misleading as the video is not from India. The viral video shows a Japanese IRL Twitch Streamer Sushipotato who is often seen in the streets of Japan while doing live streaming.