Tweet that the account which fooled Russia's internal minister "Syria's Asado died", the influence also on the oil market



Even the tweets of civilians are sensational if it is sensational, it expands quickly, especially if celebrity tweets. From late Monday through midnight July 6, Russia's Vladimir Kolkotezev internal minister said, "According to information from Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seems to have died," Tweet, there is a curtain that the oil market will soar. did.

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The problematic Twitter account is the same as "V. Kolokoltsev" and the name of the interior minister is used as it is. The oldest remaining in the history is official RT of Egypt · Independence paper on June 17, and as tweet it is "Welcome to the official Twitter account of the Russian Federation Interior MinisterThe one with the content of "the oldest," is an account that has become active most recently. ※ The account seems to have been deleted.

V. Kolokoltsev (MiniInterRussia) is using Twitter
https://twitter.com/MiniInterRussia


This account was reported on August 6 "It is reported that Russian ambassador of Damascus reported that President Bashar al-Assad of Syrian Arab Republic was murdered or injured," Tweet said.

Furthermore, continuing, "According to unidentified information from Russian diplomat in Damascus, Assad was killed today," Tweet said.

And the third time, "The Russian government confirmed the following information: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was killed today in Latakyja with his wife, and two accompanying people."

Many of Twitter users who saw a series of tweets are the official account of Russia's internal minister but that they are only English tweets, not Russian, that there is no "approved" mark indicating that they are principals, It was probably a fake, so I decided that it would be a fake, because there are few except tweets. However, the oil market showed a temporary jump.

According to the spokesperson of the Russian Embassy in Damascus, the ambassador has not made any remarks of that kind about information on the safety of President Asad. The Russian government and the Ministry of the Interior denied the accuracy of the content tweeted because this account is fake. According to the interior ministry spokesman, Korcolczev is a net user, but he said he did not create personal accounts for SNS etc.

A tweet that took account of this inner secret was a tweet after a series of tweets, "This account is a fake maker made by an Italian journalist, Tomasso De Benedetti." Tomasso De BenedettiI made a false account with Twitter and made a lie twice that "Pope Benedict XVI died" and "Fidel Castro died"Owner of the career. "Although social media is the most difficult information source in the world, the media that is seeking the speed of information will believe it."

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