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Conspiracy theorists have been circulating a fake cover of Time Magazine since 2018, showing figures covered with the logos of American technology and media companies being hanged. Despite being a doctored image, it started circulating again – this time on certain Spanish-language Telegram channels.
An image supposed to represent the most recent cover of the American magazine Time has been circulating widely on Telegram channels popular amongst Spanish-speaking conspiracy theorists. Our fact-checking colleagues at Malditas.es noticed the trend and set about to debunk it.
The post shared alongside this photo says, “Latest cover of Time. Could this be linked to the possible blackout that will hit Europe?” This is a reference to a rumour that has widely circulated amongst conspiracy theorists that all of Europe will soon be hit with an electricity blackout. The rumour is linked to the Austrian Defence Minister’s decision to launch a programme to plan for and manage this possibility, which kicked off on October 6.
The image shows human figures being hung from the letters that spell out Time. The figures are represented as dark silhouettes and their bodies are covered with the logos of many large media and communications organisations, including Netflix, the Washington Post, Reddit, Amazon, Facebook and Twitter. The phrase “high treason” is written out in white to the left of the image.
Why it’s fake
There are a few clues that show us that this cover is actually fake.
First of all, you can check out all of Time Magazine’s covers at this link – and there is no sign of this one. The cover on October 25, 2021 actually, and somewhat ironically, features Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook – not the image with the silhouettes covered with media logos, as…
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Source : france24
