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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alcaldood@nafo.uk ("Alastair") wrote:
Yesterday, tens of thousands of tweets falsely linked this video of a fire in France with rioting, and said that Macron had banned reporting. As the official French alert clarifies, it is not related to any riot.
The video was first tweeted from an account in South America - odd considering it's news about France - so I did a Google reverse image search for the source.
The *only* result: Russia Today in Spanish.
Attachments:
- Alertesinfos - (translation from French) The ongoing fire in Vaulen-Veli has nothing to do with the ongoing riots. (remote)
- Google Reverse Image Search Results RT en Espanol - Noticias RT en Espanol - Actualidad (remote)
- Tweet: "French President Macron has declared a total ban on social media reporting of events in France. So here you go: Fire in Lyon." 4,977 retweets, 9.388 likes. (remote)
