A widely shared post that details how 50 people protested against a cashless supermarket in France leading to the retailer reinstating cash has resurfaced on Facebook.
One version of the post has been shared at least 14,000 times.
But there’s no evidence this protest ever took place and, regardless, all businesses in France legally must accept cash, with only a handful of limited exceptions.
Claims surrounding cashless payments, a global central banking system and digital currency are extremely popular on social media and we have fact checked them many times before.
In this instance, the post explains how “a group of 50 people got together and agreed that they would all do a big shop on the same day” at a “very well known supermarket” before insisting on…
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