Hugues Aufray obviously spent a painful weekend, since he had to deny his own death.
The death of the interpreter of
Stewball
has indeed been announced by an obscure YouTube channel, entitled “Saluant Le Nouveau Jour”.
A name certainly not very credible, but the content of the video still worried his relatives and his fans.
To the point of pushing Hugues Aufray to shoot a video that he shared on Instagram to prove that he was alive, ready to go back on tour.
“So it seems that on YouTube, there is a rascal who likes to talk nonsense about me.
(…) Everything is fine !
I am in Marly-le-Roi, very happy.
I'm going on tour.
I am with Muriel, my young companion, my cat and my garden,” he says.
The importance of certification
Hugues Aufray did not stop there.
He also warned his subscribers against fake news published on this kind of channel.
"Honestly, that's enough!
It's not funny, it worries my friends.
(…) Beware of YouTube, they say a lot of nonsense like that, ”he added.
Indeed, the folk singer is not the only one to be the victim of this kind of ignominy.
Stéphane Plaza was also announced dead on an uncertified YouTube channel.
His 90-year-old father had come across the video and, distraught, had landed in the middle of the night at his son's house.
“Who can do that?
At 1:30 a.m., my 90-year-old father has just walked up the six floors leading to my apartment.
Shame on these irresponsible “, had denounced the host of M6 on Instagram.
YouTube has yet to comment.
The company was also listed last summer as one of the main vectors of online misinformation by 80 global fact-checking organizations, allowing "unscrupulous actors to use its platform as a weapon to manipulate and exploit others.
If the network has promised the implementation of solutions against misinformation (especially medical), pending proof of their effectiveness, it is possible to check yourself whether a channel is official or not.
On this platform as on social networks, certified accounts can be identified by a checkmark next to their name.
This certification is granted according to several parameters, and the account must follow the rules of the company, in particular on misinformation.
The only site to have dispensed with this security against fake news, Twitter after its takeover by Elon Musk.
The new boss of the blue bird proposed the famous authentication against a paid subscription.
For 8 dollars a month, anyone can see their account become official – and therefore credible for some, without any form of control other than money.
An idea abandoned, then relaunched, and which for example allowed a Taliban leader to have a blue tick on his Twitter profile.
Politics
No, Hugues Aufray will not be a candidate for the 2017 presidential election
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