The lies told about refugees, city by city - Hoaxmap
By Adam Taylor February 17 The "HoaxMap" of Germany (HoaxMap/Google Maps) The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees in Europe over the past year brought with it many legitimate concerns – but also plenty of illegitimate ones, too. Misinformation and rumors that painted refugees as criminals or worse have spread widely online. In some cases it was silly – a viral image of a supposed recent refugee holding an Islamic State flag that showed neither a recent refugee nor an Islamic State flag – but in other cases it was surprisingly important. One high-profile case involving rape allegations against a group of refugee men sparked a war of words between Russia and Germany, despite the fact it was soon dismissed as fabricated . In a bid to filter fiction from fact, Karolin Schwarz and Lutz Helm decided to set up a website to counter and quantify these "hoaxes." The result, dubbed " Hoaxmap ,...