A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.
This post first appeared in The New York Times – Business. Read the original article.How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco
The New York Times – Business:
Written by
in
Ceuta (Spain), Computers and the Internet, Decisions and Verdicts, Facebook Inc, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, Instagram Inc, Meta Platforms Inc, Migrant Surge into Ceuta, Spain (2026), Refugees and Displaced Persons, Rumors and Misinformation, Social Media, Telegram LLC, TikTok (ByteDance), WhatsApp Inc