![]() ![]() “Facebook exacerbated this humanitarian crisis, and now you have all these people who were brought over and explicitly misled and ripped off,” Richter said.Ī volunteer treats the wounded feet of a migrant in the forest near Siemiatycze, Poland, Sunday, Nov. Since July, activity on Facebook in Arabic and Kurdish related to migration to the EU through Belarus has been “skyrocketing,” said Monika Richter, head of research and analysis for Semantic Visions, an intelligence firm that tracked social media activity related to the crisis. ![]() There has been no evidence to suggest a coordinated campaign by Lukashenko to target migrants with fake information online.įake news on Facebook, said Faraj, who last week was moved from the border encampment along with 2,000 other denizens of “the jungle,” to a giant nearby warehouse converted into a migrant holding center, “poured mud on our heads and destroyed our lives.” Some were in it for money, promising to smuggle migrants across borders for hefty fees some appeared to bask in the attention they received as online “influencers” for sharing information others seemed motivated by a genuine desire to help people suffering. But social media, particularly Facebook, also have given Lukashenko a vital assist, as an unpredictable accelerant to the hopes and illusions of people who have fallen prey to the empty promises of profiteers and charlatans on the internet. ![]()
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