Facebook has become a repository of fake news

The social network Facebook blocks real information from the media, but does not hesitate to allow links to many fake news sites. These sites trick users by fraudulently displaying their logo and graphic style Montreal Journal.

Some news stories appear authentic because their design resembles that of trusted media. However, there is nothing real about them at all.

Montreal Magazine Unfortunately, this identity theft cannot be escaped. Our image is being fraudulently exploited, in collusion with Facebook, to make people believe it is real news.

This is what happened in recent days with fake news related to actress Maripierre Morin.

She stated that her fans were supposed to release her after a “scandalous interview.” Big nonsense.

What's really scandalous here are these lies that appear on users' Facebook feeds with a catchy headline.

Unable to intervene

By clicking on the link, the reader arrives at a website hosted in a country where it is impossible for us to intervene to enforce our rights.

We are talking about Estonia, Ukraine, Latvia and Turkey, among other countries, according to a report dedicated to photo thieves that was broadcast on the Internet. I Last fall.

Some of you will remember that a similar ploy was used early in 2021 to extol the virtues of a bogus weight loss cure.

This fake news fraudulently used the image of actor Michel Charette, politician Denis Coderre, or doctor Alain Vadeboncourt, in a setting resembling that of Montreal Journal.

We are not the only media used maliciously.

We are evaluating all of our options, but in these circumstances, we must warn you: you should be careful of what you read on Facebook at all times.

Fraud there has become more sophisticated and vicious.

Instead, we suggest you come and read us on our website journaldemontréal.com or on our mobile app.

Danny Doucet
Editor in Chief
Montreal Magazine