Vídeo: Espanha terá utilizado um tweet falso sobre um acidente de helicóptero para desviar a atenção das…

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did Spain use a false helicopter crash tweet to distract from the Valencia [Music] floods Spain’s deadly floods are fertile ground for false information and this time the country’s leading news agency EFF is at its Center it all began when fa published a breaking news alert on X saying that a helicopter had crashed into Madrid’s iconic Tor de Crystal or glass tower the agency deleted the post 3 minutes later but not after it had been seen by thousands of people and shared across social media ether quickly admitted to the error explaining that a technical issue caused the post to accidentally go out as part of a training exercise for students at the agency its president Miguel anel Oliver said the same adding that there was no excuse for the error and that he took full responsibility nevertheless conspiracy theor soon erupted online claiming that the government encouraged effer to put out the Tweet to distract from its handling of the flooding in Valencia and elsewhere some social media users pointed to Oliver’s links to prime minister Pedro Sanchez he previously served as his secretary of state for communication between 2018 and 2021 nevertheless there’s no evidence that the conspiracy theories are true Euro verifi reached out to EA which reiterated its previous explanation for the helicopter post the government has not responded to our requests for information as of the time of this facture the more likely explanation is that the conspiracy theories came about as part of the anger against the central and Regional governments for their perceived inaction to the floods which have claimed more than 220 lives cardos mathon the conservative president of the valencian community has been slammed for having lunch with a journalist when the floods hit rather than focusing on the response to the crisis Sanchez meanwhile has faced harsh criticism for not invoking a national state of emergency to rest control of the situation from local authorities [Music]