Fake accounts and false rumours drive new Ceuta crossing campaign
Calls for a new mass crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, have flooded Moroccan social media, with posts urging migrants to rush the border on Saturday. An RFI investigation found the campaign was fuelled by false rumours, suspicious accounts and signs of artificial amplification.
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- Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross bbc.co.uk
- Instagram accounts accused of luring migrants to Ceuta with misleading crossing videos myjoyonline.com
- Despliegue policial inédito en Ceuta ante el temor a una nueva entrada masiva: claves de la crisis fronteriza elpais.com