Hoaxes and fake news are an integral part of how the world wide web reacts to what is happening in the society of the tragedy. After bloody Sunday in Las Vegas, which was caused by the most deadly shooting in modern U.S. history, the so-called trolls actively spread in the network false information, hoping to attract attention.
Below we have collected all the hoaxes, fake news and viral information that comes in social networks after the shooting in Las Vegas.
People allegedly missing after the shooting
Very often the dishonest inhabitants of the Internet use the good intentions of those who really want to somehow help the victims. One of the most popular types of «fakes» is a publication of a photo of a stranger, friend or enemy, the signature to which says that the man was gone during the shooting.
A striking example is the photograph in the illustration below, which depicts pornographic film actor named johnny sins. Profile picture of the person who created this post, actually belongs to YouTube user, TheReportofTheWeek, who became a victim of this virus «dummy» for the second time. It is easy to guess that the reason for this post is the thirst for retweets.
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One account with 5,000 posts, answered own extremely suspicious post asking for help with link to Instagram.
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Sometimes scammers don’t achieve success, and we can see in the following example, where for selfish purposes is used the user photo TheReportofTheWeek, who allegedly disappeared after a rock concert.
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Such tweets are usually going to very much, and it makes no sense to show here each of them, because essentially they are all the same. Not to fall for the bait and not to play into the hands of the trolls of the Internet, you need to start learn about the history of the author of the post and the replies to the tweetbefore sharing them on the page. Very often fake viral tweet in the comments repeatedly denounce attentive users.
Pseudo-arrows
Another dubious way to earn popularity is to publish photos of someone and declaring him the culprit of the tragedy. For example, Sam Hyde called the murderer almost 60 people, and pointed out that he is 32-year-old Islamist Samir al-Hadida.
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The second man, who suffered equally unenviable fate, became Geary Deli from Arkansas. Man, does not hide his sympathy for the Democrats, instantly dubbed an extremist opposed to trump.
TwitterСтрелок was not an Islamist
In pursuit of sensation journalists sometimes dare to publish unverified information. On the page of National news coverage of Israel in social networks in a short time you could see the title, which claimed that the American government said about the recent treatment of arrow in Islam.
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And while the news has since been repeatedly updated, the network is still walking similar fake news. According to official sources, the police still do not know anything about the religious beliefs of the Paddock.
The paddock was not a member of Antifa
Another rumor about the shooter, the Paddock, the motive of which remains unknown, is that he allegedly was associated with Antifa is a collective term to describe anti-fascist activist organizations. This is due to the newly deleted record on the page of one of the trolls in Facebook posing as the organization «Melbourne Antifa», which stated that the Paddock was a member.
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