Nighttime explosion, dead birds, false communique, black water ... The false information is multiplying on social networks since the fire of the plant Lubrizol in Rouen, last Thursday. The first "fake news" appeared on Twitter just minutes after the fire started. A user assured to have recovered from a friend the video of the explosion of the factory. Seen and shared thousands of times, this video, filmed at night and therefore difficult to identify, actually shows an explosion that took place in August 2015 in Tianjin, China.
Brown or black water
On Sunday, Facebook posts relayed an alleged instruction from the CHU: do not drink tap water that would not be drinkable. Photos and videos of brown or black water coming out of the tap fanned the rumor. The authorities, however, claim to have received only two reports and claim that tap water is well drinkable and can be drunk without problem ...