"Australians have erupted in joy that their countryman will soon be reunited with his family," read part of the caption alongside the video shared onHe was held for more than five years in London's Belmarsh prison while he contested US efforts to extradite him on a string of charges under the 1917 Espionage Act.
The 53-year-old WikiLeaks founder had published hundreds of thousands of confidential US documents on the whistleblowing website from 2010. He became a hero to free speech campaigners but a villain to those who thought he had endangered US security and intelligence sources.of small celebrations for Assange in Sydney following his release, the video shared in the false posts dates back to 2023.The caption read:"Aussie Cossack remotely addresses thousands marching at the May 20th Sydney Freedom March.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the footage used in the false post and the archived YouTube video from May 2023 :https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wLtcTitMjQ