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Nuclear explosion, dog in distress... These false images circulating after the earthquake in Turkey

2023-02-09T09:21:19.111Z


Since the disaster, several photos and videos have been published and massively relayed on social networks. They actually come from past events.


After the stupor, the balance sheet.

Hit by two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.8 and 7.4 on Monday February 6, Turkey and Syria are counting their dead.

According to official figures provided by the two countries, at least 16,000 people lost their lives in the disaster.

Collapsed buildings, entire devastated neighborhoods, corpses lined up in the street... Since the beginning of the week, photos attesting to the extent of the disaster have been pouring in on agency websites and social networks.

But in the middle of this documentation, slip false photos and false videos, massively relayed on social networks, in particular on Twitter.

Some depict previous disasters, which have nothing to do with Turkey and Syria, as the BBC points out.

Beirut port explosion

Sometimes, these images amplify an already colossal disaster.

Like this video, relayed by the certified account CBKNEWS, which shows what the Internet user describes as "

the explosion of a nuclear power plant caused by the earthquake

".

The sequence is impressive: a gigantic mushroom of smoke rises in the sky, accompanied by a violent explosion.

But it is actually the explosion of the port of Beirut, in August 2020. Twitter has also added a warning to this publication, seen by nearly a million and a half Internet users, explaining its real origin.

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The CBKNEWS account, followed by more than 11,000 people, published another image from another disaster the same day.

This time, it is a huge scaffolding that collapses on the roadway.

Horrible video from Turkey

,” the account simply comments.

In comments, conspiracy theories are rife.

"

Everything seems too precise...

like September 11

", points out a user.

Yet, as the BBC points out, this footage is from an incident in Japan in 2016.

The detection dog that moved internet users

One image in particular has moved internet users a lot in recent hours.

That of a dog, in visible distress, lying next to the arm of a child, buried under rubble.

Heartbreaking photo of the day

,” wrote a Twitter user, who had a very low following, but whose post had more than a million and a half views.

The hashtags “

Turkey

” and “

earthquake

” are mentioned above the photo.

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If the latter represents a dog during an earthquake, it was taken on October 18, 2018, according to the BBC, and therefore has no connection with recent events.

Twitter also warned netizens that this photo was taken out of context.

Many dogs are present to help rescuers find possible survivors, as shown by numerous photos and videos, this time confirmed.

Use reverse search

The social network has been teeming with examples of this type for several days.

An Anglo-Iranian comedian, Omid Djalili, shared the images of what he describes as "

the tsunami that hit the Turkish coast after the earthquake

".

An impressive video, viewed more than 350,000 times.

But a netizen pointed out to him that it was in fact the consequences of the magnitude 7.5 earthquake, which hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, in September 2018. The actor admitted his mistake, without however delete his original tweet.

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Another social media user also shared footage of what he believes to be a building collapse in Turkey, a video that has been shared almost 1.5 million times.

Again, a user pointed out to him that it was actually a sequence dated June 2021 in Florida.

This type of error is common on social networks.

Under the influence of emotion or anger, the Internet user can share a photo or a video without verifying its source.

To authenticate an image, simply perform a reverse search on Google or use the Google Lens tool.

Source: lefigaro

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