As southern Europe experiences record-breaking temperatures, a photo of a melted traffic light allegedly taken in Bulgaria has been shared thousands of times. But the picture was taken in Milan last year, and the light melted due to a moped fire.
Italian website Open reported on claims surrounding the same photo that a traffic light in Milan had melted as a result of a heatwave.
However, the local fire and police services told reporters that the traffic light had melted as a result of a moped catching fire beneath it, not solely because of the weather. This is not the first time the picture has been wrongly attributed to a different location. In June, fact checkers in Indiaabout claims that the traffic light had melted in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in the summer heat.
Misleading images are one of the most common kinds of misinformation we see online, but they can sometimes be hard to spot. It’s always worth checking if a picture shows what the post says it does before you share it—we have written a guide on how to do so
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