A “game intolerable,” so the minister Lucy Jay has branded the fake press release that in the last hours is circulating on the Network on the extension of the closure of schools due to emergency coronavirus. A real fake news, it is appropriate to say, that distracts from the real information. The holder of the ministry of education has chosen to deny the circular tarot attributed to the Viminale with a post on Facebook, a breeding ground of misinformation that feeds fear in times of Covid-19.
“Turn a fake press release attributed to the ministry of the Interior, writes Jay – in which he says that was ordered the closure of schools until April 5. Who makes these toys fun is on the shoulders of millions of students and parents of the school. I find it intolerable. But we can all do something to stop this madness of fake news viral. Check it by reading official sources and do not share content that is not recognized”.
Yesterday, the minister had already denounced a fake document on distance learning, and a sound that shows a fake speech in Parliament, requiring checks to be sure the authors. “As I have often said these days,” wrote Jay on the social network – in such a special moment for the Country, it is essential not to give space to the false information that then become viral, creating unnecessary alarmism”.
