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The Government issues a statement in which warns about the hoaxes circulating on WhatsApp and other social networks in relation to apossible attack in Spain . This is a confusion that is unnecessarily alarming the population.
The Ministry of the Interior reaffirms that the information about an attack in our country lacks credibility and only intends to provoke fear among the population. In addition, the Ministry assures that it has not modified the Antiterrorist Alert Level, which remains at Level 4 since June 26.
It is also recalled that the Government will not provide information via WhatsApp and other social networks, but that all related news is transmitted through media and the usual and official channels of the Government and the State Security Forces and Bodies.
Therefore, if we receive information about attacks via WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter we must reject it, ignore it and not spread it since it probably simply be a hoax that alarms the population.
Fines for those who create hoaxes
Also, let's not forget that the authorities can fine citizens who create hoaxes and spread them on social media.
Four young people from the province of Malaga will go through the court and will have to pay a fine of between 600 and 30,000 euross for creating a hoax that circulated on WhatsApp just after the attacks in Paris.
The best thing to do is to be informed correctly through the media and create panic with this type of hoax.
