‘Hoaxmap’ hits back at newspaper myths about refugees
by Jane WhyattIn Germany online readers who spot misleading articles are creating their own coverage on social media. A Twitter user named only as ‘Karolin’ is creating a ‘hoaxmap’ of inaccurate reports about refugees and asylum seekers being involved in crimes such as rape and shoplifting. A hoax is a deliberately misleading or false news report, created and placed in order to suit a particular political viewpoint.
Hoaxmap shows where the inaccurate reports about refugees and asylum seekers come from (Screenshot: hoaxmap.org)
‘Karolin’s’ map was published in the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Questioned by the newspaper’s reporter, Karolin said she started the map…
