Monday, February 15, 2016

No, an asteroid is not going to crash into Marseille March 5 – Liberation

After the false death of Jean Dujardin, leaks to the bin or very recently, the release of a video that compromises the French player Serge Aurier, members of Jeuxvideo.com (JVC) continue to about them. Their latest find, hoax (e hoax) #ImpactFrance , which ensures that an asteroid will hit the city of Marseilles on 5 March. A fraud revealed by a journalist from France Info, which was able to obtain screen shots before they are deleted from the forum.

February 13, messages start pouring in on Twitter, ensuring that the asteroid 2013 TX68 “ large as half a football field ” will crash on Marseille. Users also accuse the government and media deliberately remain silent.

All the ingredients for a good hoax were gathered. JVC users were inspired by a true information: indeed, an asteroid in 2013 should TX68 grazing land to 17 000 kilometers on 5 March. According to experts of NASA, there would be no risk of collision. Twitter accounts were created to publish regular alerts and false articles and graphics were also reported.



From behind the hoax lol

Jeuxvideo.com aka JVC as its name suggests, a site on the news video games. It offers its users a forum to share via thematic sections, or by age. That the cause of the hoax is the renowned “ Blabla 18-25 “: users are well known for their hoax and skids racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic. Behind these hoaxes of the web, one will: to talk about yourself and appear in the “ Trending Topics ” of Twitter, is the most popular topics among Internet users. Article France Info revealing the hoax is also proudly already relayed to the forum. Jeuxvideo.com has 3 million subscribers and more than 200,000 messages are posted daily. A bit stingy moderation that leaves its self-management users: the general manager of the site, Cedric Page, told Obs want “ allow great freedom to users .” The hoax made in JVC still have a bright future ahead of them.

Marie-Caroline Cabut

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