Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.

  • 𝔇𝔦𝔬@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Absurd … This is ludicrous and looks like a warring area on an RPG map. It’s 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 but unbelievable.

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      1 year ago

      Its not real. This isn’t a satellite image of the wildfires. Theres an artist’s initials at the top of this “satellite image” (it is a satellite image, but the fires and smoke are drawn on).

      Shame on OP for spreading disinformation.

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        1 year ago

        To be fair, everyone can and will be tricked at some point by fake pictures, the post may have been a genuine attempt to inform.

        But it definitely needs to be edited in the title and description once it’s clear that it’s misleading.

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          In my view that’s a lot more than fair, that’s giving OP the benefit of the doubt, and/or a pass for not verifying something’s authenticity before re-broadcasting it like it’s a fact.

          Everyone can and will be tricked, but everyone’s first impulse isn’t to run to show everyone who will listen the thing you’ve been tricked by, by re-posting it somewhere, and explicitly claiming its real- OP took the time to write that the fabricated image was, indeed, a “satellite image” in the body of the post without knowing that for sure.

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      1 year ago

      I was thinking this has to be a cgi image or exaggerated to see all the fires. That’s not a “struggling” island, its a total loss.