Following the small fire that broke out on the spire in Rouen’s famous Gothic cathedral, misleading posts have circulated fueling claims that the fire was a “religious attack.” Not only did Rouen’s authorities never indicate this, the misinformation surged after a map claiming to show “all church fires in France” went viral, originally created by an anti-Christianophobia organisation that recorded much more than just fires. Vedika Bahl explains in this episode of Truth or Fake.
