Current Events > Trolls Are Posting Fake Claims Of Being Assaulted At Showings Of Black Panther

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Trolls on Twitter are trying to stoke outrage by making false claims of racially motivated assaults at screenings of Black Panther. For example, the photo in this tweet actually shows a 19-year-old Swedish woman who was assaulted at a bar last month.



It has nothing to do with the film.

Some trolls are using images of battered women to make their false claims. This tweet includes photos of an 18-year-old woman who was locked in an apartment by her boyfriend and assaulted for four hours. He later pled guilty to two charges of assault.



This troll account used a photo of the ex-wife of former White House staffer Rob Porter.



Here's a sample of the other kinds of tweets sent by the same account...



This Twitter user used a photo from 2009 to make a false claim about being assaulted at a showing. It's generated over 400 retweets.



Fortunately, many people on Twitter are calling out these false claims.

@ResistResource
Fool child claims assault at #BlackPanther premiere, uses stock footage photo from 2009 as 'proof'. https://twitter.com/Kinda6t/status/964329687248928768
12:50 AM - Feb 16, 2018

This Twitter user went viral by calling out some of the fakes.

https://twitter.com/trapafasa/status/964364855065985024/photo/1

And a lot of people are outraged by this attempt to create division.

@Wolvez23
There's a bunch of people on here posting fake assault pictures and saying it was black teens at #BlackPanther showings. God I hate people.

Unfortunately, the fake tweets keep coming. This account used the name and photo of Paul Nehlen, a racist and anti-Semitic man in Wisconsin who is trying to defeat Rep. Paul Ryan in a Republican primary there. Nehlen's Twitter account was recently banned.



The photo this tweet used is actually taken from a viral 2013 video made in Serbia that used special effects makeup to raise awareness about spousal abuse.



This tweet made a false claim of an assault while including a video from a South Korean pop group called BlackPink.



Some troll accounts also tried to circulate claims that people in MAGA hats were attacking theatergoers at Black Panther screenings. Also not true.

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Nobody posts when actual fake news is called out...
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Zodd3224 posted...

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some people are so trash
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This is just sad

what is wrong with these people? they want so badly for their racist idiocy to be true...and these same people will say "get over it racism is dead!"...
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Religion of peace.
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/76322164
*thinking emoji*
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This is terrible. Likely Russian accounts looking to further divide America on racial lines.
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I wouldn't call Twitter posts fake news, that's just randos lying on the internet
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Antifar posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/76322164
*thinking emoji*

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Stolen from another topic:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/16/586361956/as-an-american-tragedy-unfolds-russian-agents-sow-discord-online

This is probably more of these Russian agents looking to sow the seeds of discord.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Stolen from another topic:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/16/586361956/as-an-american-tragedy-unfolds-russian-agents-sow-discord-online

This is probably more of these Russian agents looking to sow the seeds of discord.

the whole intelligence report is pretty interesting
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-dcoats-021318.PDF
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racist trumpeter republicans cant handle black success
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Where's the proof it's fake? :P As far I'm concerned this is very real and right in line with BLM's hate filled rhetoric )=
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Why the fuck do they have to put the emoji right after the hashtag? Like, is that not enough for the average Twit-user to get the idea of what they're talking about?
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Miss me with that bullshit
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_OujiDoza_ posted...

Nobody posts when actual fake news is called out...

twitter isnt news site
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Holy shit. I expected like one or two. Why are sad fucks so bitter about this movie

Nana

Gooodbyeeeee
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NaNaYeeze posted...

Oh look a random account used to post racist shit because CE doesn't have enough of those

ou keep saying White people are fragile? Well, we're still here and still numerous. We couldn't be fragile <M__M> if we're still here, no? )_X
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But remember, the liberals and black people who are excited for this movie are the real problem
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Russians back at it again
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People hate anytime black people have joy in their lives.
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cjsdowg posted...

People hate anytime black people have joy in their lives.

THEY ARE TRYING TO SUCK THE BLACK JOY RIGHT OUTTA THE ROOM
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spudger posted...

racist trumpeter republicans cant handle black success

So you missed the part that says BLM supporters were doing it, too, just like after Trump won.
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spudger posted...

racist trumpeter republicans cant handle black success

I this dude a joke account, or are these posts an actual reflection of the way his mind works?

Russia has a history of stirring up racial tension in the US like this. They made a bunch of pro-BLM ads and targeted them at white voters during the election.
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Isn't that third picture the wife of the White House staffer that got let go for domestic abuse?
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pathetic
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