How does a fake news spread in a few hours?
You may have seen him pass in your news feed, several accounts publish a video on social networks on social networks: "The Cameroonians went to the parents of Embolo".
On the images, individuals are agitated in front of a building presented as the home of the grandmother of Breel Emebolo. A Swiss footballer who scored a goal in a World Cup match against his native country, Cameroon. The agitation and anger on the video are palpable, despite some attempts by some people to calm the situation.
Understand the technique and the issue of the beginning
However, after having contextualized the sequence, the Cameroonian journalist and Checker Valorian Noubissi explains that they are unhappy Cameroonians. They come to demonstrate in front of the Eneo agency because they cannot watch the entire match because of power cuts. ( see the original video ).
Some time later, the company ENEO confirmed to the site 20 minutes that demonstrations occurred in front of their premises: "It is indeed an ENEO office which was besieged during the Cameroon-Swiss match by people demanding the return of electricity" many Internet users then made the relays of this clarification and the Fake News was quickly.
The consequences of a fake news
Before this effective beginning, this video aroused many interactions from Internet users and recorded more than 30,000 views in a few days. However, these commitments (likes, comments, sharing, etc.) are not without consequences. Indeed, whether true or false, the more information arouses engagement, the more it diffuses on social networks, because of the algorithms which put it on the front.
To counter the fake news and limit their magnitude on the internet, the beginning makes it possible to measure the proportion of real and false information advanced, in order to verify the reliability of what is read, seen or listened to. The goal of the beginning is not to want to discredit a source, but to restore the facts and point the mistakes with arguments resting on proven sources. The beginning reaches a level of efficiency when many media and internet users collectively seize the subject to restore truths.
