The tweet 'Faux that the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is on fire' was a fake


AFP Fact Check is running AFP communication to conduct fact check of news covered worldwide to eradicate fake news. This AFP Fact Check tells the importance of identifying the authenticity of information diffused on the Internet by themselves, through tweet fact checks on protest demonstrations occurring in France.

AFPFactCheck's tweet: "These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption" perspective matters ". Perspective matters, and so do dates and places ... so these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris 1/8 ... https://t.co/ttWlSs05b4 "
https://twitter.com/AFPFactCheck/status/1072576055783944193

In France, the "yellow best movement" protesting the rise in fuel tax is taking place, and the mobs demonstrators collide with the police, extreme activities are taking place in the center of Paris every day. There was also pointed out that radical action by the demonstrators was instigated by fake news spread by SNS and others.

It is pointed out that the figure of the demonstrators to mob into France is "defeat in information warfare" - GIGAZINE



One of the tweets that became a hot topic in this French protest demonstration is the following. In the tweet that "Perspective is important ...", the photographs taken as if the Arc de Triomphe in Paris were burning and the photographs of the photographers photographed photographs burning in the streets were posted I will. This is a twe that pointed out that photographers are photographing photographs as if the Arc de Triomphe which is a symbol of Paris is burning, and it was decided to retweet over 37,000 cases.


However, according to AFP Fact Check, it seems that the photographing date and time and the shooting location are different for the two photos attached to this tweet.


Although criticism of media coverage is a legal act, AFP Fact Check criticizes severely that the tweet of account @ DoveyWan is "not the best example".


How the AFP Fact Check conducted the fact check is as follows.

First of all, AFP Fact Check that the sources of the first picture posted by @ DoveyWan and the tweet "why the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is burning" was done was investigated its source. As a result, I found an article on "Libertad Digital Spanish" on the site, "How to turn a protest demonstration in Paris into a hell where photographers were enveloped by fire". This article seems to be deleted at the time of article creation, but it can be confirmed what kind of article was via the web archive and the "photograph of the burning Arc de Triomphe" which became the origin of the problem was posted. This article criticized as "A picture of the Arc de Triomphe" that AFP did not shoot as a picture taken in the style of AFP "Paris burning with a protest demonstration".

Así convierten una hoguerita en un infierno los fotógrafos que cubren las protestas de París- Libertad Digital



Furthermore, as AFP Fact Check continued the survey, it was clear that the "photographs of the Arc de Triomphe" was photographed by photographer Katerine Pierre on 1 December 2018. The 35th piece of the slideshow on the following page is "Pictures of the Arc de Triomphe".

GILETS JAUNES ACTE III (Karine Pierre) | hanslucas.com



Clearly the second picture posted by @ DoveyWan was taken by a French magazine LePoint photographer on December 8, 2018. The shooting location is Fridoran Avenue in Paris.


Mr. Pierre photographed "Arc de Triomphe photo" was taken at Foch Street in Paris and the Fridoran street where the second photo was taken is on the opposite side across the Arc de Triomphe. From here it is shown that the two photos were taken in completely different places. In addition, it can be judged from the three points reflected in the photograph that the "photographs where the Arc de Triomphe burns" was photographed on Foch Street.


The fact check by AFP Fact Check revealed that the tweet "Fake that the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is on fire" was a fake news, but other doubtful information or tweets can be found on the Internet There are many in the. Fostering eyes that can perceive them as suspicious can be said to be a way to properly exploit the Internet where countless information is flooded.

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