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posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the even-SN-is-vulnerable dept.

From the insides of Business Insider

As a huge fire took hold of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday evening, alt-right figures were in no time spreading rumours and disinformation on social media linking the blaze to Muslims and hinting at a sinister cover up.

French officials on Monday night were quick to say that arson was unlikely to be the cause of the blaze as it engulfed the roof of the 12th century cathedral, but far-right activists and propagandists were already all over social media channels pushing conspiracies.

Conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec compared the blaze to 9/11, despite no link having made to terrorism by French officials, while alt-right activist Faith Goldy falsely claimed that three days previously "a Muslim jihadis [sic] in Paris was arrested for planning a terrorist attack at Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Funny, there was this little AC scurrying about here on SN yesterday, saying things like this.

...but well countered here, also by an AC:

See Also:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-investigators-seek-cause-of-cathedral-blaze-paris

Police have begun questioning workers who were carrying out renovations at the cathedral. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into "involuntary destruction by fire", indicating they believe the cause of the blaze was accidental rather than criminal.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/notre-dame-fire-cause-everything-know-cathedral-paris/

The Paris prosecutor's office said it was treating the fire as an accident, ruling out arson and possible terror-related motives, at least for now.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:13PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:13PM (#831112)

    But OK, let's say the alt right is accusing muslims. So what? Everybody can spew whatever bullshit anyway....

    Ummm, yeah. Except that this kind of thing can cause innocent people to get killed. Eventually, though, I think that everyone is going to view these types of conspiracy theories with the same credibility as yet another Nigerian Prince offering to share their huge wealth with you if you would just give them a helping hand by giving them your bank account details. We aren't quite there yet.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday April 18 2019, @09:58AM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday April 18 2019, @09:58AM (#831567) Journal

    Oh yes I recall this. Don't speak up or the crazies will terrorize us all. It successfully prevented the further rise of the communist party in the Italian Anni di piombo, thanks to the red brigades. Nice to see the left learned the lesson.

    Problem, if I must not speak up because i trigger terrorists, a threat that sits somewhere above death by meteorites and well below death by car pollution, I am basically snuffed out already.

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