You've probably seen them hanging around on a friend's Facebook wall or in a WhatsApp chat. Because intoxes increasingly rub shoulders with real news, writing 20 Minutes helps you sort out the true from the false.
1. Missiles filmed before the double explosion in Beirut? Beware of special effects
Many Internet users relay edited videos.
2. No, Israel had not indicated a cache of weapons in the port of Beirut two years before the tragedy
A former speech by Benjamin Netanyahu is shared on social networks to accompany this misleading interpretation.
3. This drone video has no connection with the explosions in Beirut
It was filmed several days before, in southern Lebanon.
4. Brigitte Macron flouting barrier gestures? Not really
A photo from 2018 is relayed on Facebook to accuse the First Lady of not respecting the health measures against the coronavirus.
5. Watch out for this fake photo of the "anticoronavirus" demonstration in Berlin
It has nothing to do with the event that took place on August 1.
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