Cyberatex, rare phenomena and “official advertising”: Social networks that have flooded false news about blackouts
After the blackout affected by Portugal and other European countries on Monday, social networks were filled with false information. False stories include exaggerated expectations about Russian cyberers, rare climate phenomena and energy restoration time.
Nuno Vega
After the wave of false information after social networks Blackout that touches many countries on Monday.
There are many messages and videos broadcasting on social networks, WhatsApp and Tictoc, have broadcast false or deconesty content about this incident.
CNN Did you report that blackout was caused by Russian Cyberatex? This is a lie
This article, which contains false ads attributed to the European Commission President Ursula Van Der Layen, has not been published in the middle of communication, including these CNN Portugal The information was rejected.
Rare weather phenomena is at the origin of blackout
The report has been attributed to the National Energy Networks (Ren) responsible for the distribution of fuel in Portugal, which has been shared by many other media, although the news agency has adjusted the error after the news agency.
An aircraft, 72 hours and “ads” from e-edis
In addition, the fire -battle plane, which hurts the high voltage line in France, which causes power cuts in Portugal and Spain, has been re -shared in applications such as 2021 news, WhatsApp and other channels.
According to the BBC, although the incident is true, the story has nothing to do with the blackout that influenced the country on Monday.
On social networks such as Tictoc, many videos say that “it will take at least 72 hours to change the amount of electricity in Portugal, which is attributed to energy suppliers.
Through official communication, both Ren and e-Edis, which maintain fuel distribution, denies a three-day reference for supply normalization.
Another message associated with e-flows has reported that “a problem in the European power grid has affected the national network”, as well as “areas in Spain and France” which has damaged the “400,000 volts high voltage lines”.
However, in the first statement, the company not only reported that the country was suffering from embarrassment, but did not indicate the cause.
Blackout left Portugal in the dark
Some of the consequences of traffic blackout in closed airports, traffic congestion and large cities.
The energy restoration began gradually with the country’s center all day.
