Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Well hats off to our German friends who have found a solution to the mounting tide of fascist false claims about asylum seekers. The "Hoax Map" logs all debunked claims made about asylum seekers by neo nazi groups like AfD and their fellow travellers.
The only downside is that they cant keep up with the number of hoaxes that need to be listed.
My favourite hoaxes are the ones about migrants killing swans for their lunch and the mayor of Bremen
handing out brothel vouchers.
We know that the extremists have been over active in making up stories and they do it to create an atmosphere of fear and loathing. This map is a welcome counterbalance to that and a credit to the decent people of Germany.
Mapping The Completely Bogus Rumors Against Migrants In Europe
The influx of hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern and African migrants to Europe has been followed by a flood of rumors that range from the criminal to the absurd. After noticing that migrants were being maligned by accounts that later proved untrue, two German women decided to chart the debunked rumors.
The result is “Hoax Map,” an interactive feature which pinpoints the locations of fabricated claims against migrants and references sources that discredit the rumors.
“We were seeing more and more rumors about refugees committing crimes or receiving excessive health care, [and] we wanted to create something to counter this trend and maybe give people a tool to check up on stories they have been hearing,” said Karolin Schwarz, an open data consultant who co-founded the feature along with Liz Helm, a software developer.
Hoaxmap
'Hoaxmap' busts rumors about refugees in Germany | Germany | DW.COM | 11.02.2016
German 'hoax map' fights migrant myths - BBC News
Karolin concedes that some people will be hard to reach, convinced that media reports debunking the myths are themselves lies. "But not all who fall for rumours do so out of deeply held conviction, and we hope some will be persuaded by facts and change their opinion."
Hoax map exposes fake refugee stories to spread 'facts instead of prejudice'
There have been some negative reactions, though, from far-right organizations involved in spreading the stories, Schwarz said.
Gerüchte über Flüchtlinge? Hier werden sie widerlegt
The only downside is that they cant keep up with the number of hoaxes that need to be listed.
My favourite hoaxes are the ones about migrants killing swans for their lunch and the mayor of Bremen
handing out brothel vouchers.
We know that the extremists have been over active in making up stories and they do it to create an atmosphere of fear and loathing. This map is a welcome counterbalance to that and a credit to the decent people of Germany.
Mapping The Completely Bogus Rumors Against Migrants In Europe
The influx of hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern and African migrants to Europe has been followed by a flood of rumors that range from the criminal to the absurd. After noticing that migrants were being maligned by accounts that later proved untrue, two German women decided to chart the debunked rumors.
The result is “Hoax Map,” an interactive feature which pinpoints the locations of fabricated claims against migrants and references sources that discredit the rumors.
“We were seeing more and more rumors about refugees committing crimes or receiving excessive health care, [and] we wanted to create something to counter this trend and maybe give people a tool to check up on stories they have been hearing,” said Karolin Schwarz, an open data consultant who co-founded the feature along with Liz Helm, a software developer.
Hoaxmap
'Hoaxmap' busts rumors about refugees in Germany | Germany | DW.COM | 11.02.2016
German 'hoax map' fights migrant myths - BBC News
Karolin concedes that some people will be hard to reach, convinced that media reports debunking the myths are themselves lies. "But not all who fall for rumours do so out of deeply held conviction, and we hope some will be persuaded by facts and change their opinion."
Hoax map exposes fake refugee stories to spread 'facts instead of prejudice'
There have been some negative reactions, though, from far-right organizations involved in spreading the stories, Schwarz said.
Gerüchte über Flüchtlinge? Hier werden sie widerlegt