| Pile | Date |
|---|---|
| 231 | 15 February 2016 [1] |
| 264 | 24 February 2016 [2] |
| 317 | 11 March 2016 [3] |
| 330 | 31 March 2016 [4] |
| 358 | 13 April 2016 [5] |
| 372 | 2 May 2016 [6] |
| 401 | 25 June 2016 [7][8] |
| 428 | 6 October 2016 [9] |
| 469 | 19 April 2017 [10] |
| 484 | 15 August 2017 [11] |
| 492 | 9. September 2018 [12] |
Hoaxmap – News from the rumor mill – is a project created on the personal initiative of Karolin Schwarz, an ethnologist of African studies from Leipzig, Germany.[1][2] Since February 8, 2016, the website hoaxmap.org is online, starting with a list of 177 hoaxes. In June 2016, 400 hoaxes were recorded with origin or reference point, including evidence of inaccuracy.
Most of the false reports and rumors consist of defamation against refugees caught up in the European migrant crisis. Schwarz receives subtle threats from the political right. Other people thanked her for clarification. The hoax usually is spread due to prejudices of those holding a simplistic view, dividing the world into good and evil, and with a lack of media literacy. News and broadcasts[3] from Australia, USA, Arabia[4] and Germany reported about the Hoaxmap project. In April 2016 Hoaxmap was nominated for Grimme Online Award.[5]
Besides positive feedback,[6] subtle threats were sent to Schwarz.[5]
In 2018 local news reduced reporting about false information, following which Hoaxmap could not list such rumors as refuted.[7]
The map has drawn on data from other aggregators such as Mimikama.[8]
External links
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edit- ^ Beenish Ahmed: Mapping The Completely Bogus Rumors Against Migrants In Europe, ThinkProgress, 18 February 2016
- ^ Nicole Goebel: REFUGEES 'Hoaxmap' busts rumors about refugees in Germany, DW-TV, 11 February 2016
- ^ Susann Burwitz: "Hoaxmap" hinterfragt angebliche Straftaten von Flüchtlingen – Klick für Klick gegen Gerüchte (tr.""Hoaxmap" questions alleged crimes committed by refugees - click by click against rumors"), ARD Tagesschau (Germany), 12 February 2016
- ^ Teo Kermeliotis: Hoaxmap: Debunking false rumours about refugee 'crimes', Al Jazeera, 16 February 2016
- ^ a b Katharina Leuoth: Schon gehört, …?, (tr. "Already heard"), Freie Presse, 25 June 2016
- ^ Falschmeldungen im Internet – Diese Karte entlarvt Gerüchte über Flüchtlinge. (tr. "Internet Fake News - This map debunks rumors about refugees.") In: Süddeutsche Zeitung online, 9 February 2016.
- ^ BR5 Das Computermagazin 26 August 2018
- ^ Mantzarlis, Alexios (29 February 2016). "Hoaxmap is collecting debunked rumors about refugees". Poynter Institute.
Schwarz is a consultant, Helm a software developer .. The two also rely on other online debunkers like mimikama.at, an Austrian debunking website (the map covers Austria and Switzerland besides Germany).