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The article Campus Cop Exposes Naked Truth about Gaza University Protests: Sex, lies, videotape, and a Playboy-style orgy from getwokeup.com claims that a University of Toronto (U of T) campus Pro-Palestine occupational protest "looks more like a Playboy swingers party than a genocide prevention protest." 

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These allegations are themselves admittedly alleged hearsay from an alleged anonymous security guard secret source, who is allegedly a Palestinian immigrant. The security guard reportedly said "I’ve heard of drugs, orgies and lots of racy behavior." The article then extrapolates this into a "Playboy style orgy."

The article doesn't cite any official sources or verified documents to support the claims, instead it relies entirely on anonymous statements from a campus security officer, which makes it difficult to establish the original source of the allegations. Though after searching around, I am quite certain that this article itself is the origin of these claims.

There were no other sources corroborating this, and all claims of orgies at the encampments that I could find on Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook at the encampments linked directly back to this article. 

The article also claims that a lawsuit is being filed by the Palestine Liberation Circle against UofT Campus Safety for taking pictures of protestors sleeping naked. I could neither find any evidence of such a lawsuit nor evidence of the existence of any group called the Palestine Liberation Circle.

The article's language, filled with suggestive innuendos and heavily biased commentary, suggests a lack of journalistic rigor or integrity. Phrases like "Playboy-style orgy," and "wild child sex hungry activists," indicate a sensationalized and skewed narrative, which contributes to my ability to say that just about everything claimed in this article is entirely false besides that there was a Pro Palestine Occupational Protest at UofT.

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These claims are not backed up by photographic or written evidence, nor does the story use confirmed/ identified sources. The publication that ran this story seems to be satire, considering its blatant use of AI-generated images across the website and other stories with titles such as ‘Unvaxxxed sperm is the new Bitcoin’ gushes Freedom loving Lass!!!'  I would take news stories on a website that also publishes "How Woke Are You" quizzes with more than a grain of salt.

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