Maxence CHAMPION

Killian DUPIELLET
Baptiste PEZOUS

Anglais Session 1 : 13 September 2023

Nowadays, with the development of social networks, there's a growing number of fake news
items that can be used in a variety of ways, such as influencing a group of people, posing as a
celebrity or even scamming people out of money, like the photo we're about to study. This
type of photo montage is quite common on social networks. Here we have a photo of Bill
Gates holding a sign asking us to share a link to win 5000 euros.

This post might appear to be a genuine request from Bill Gates, but several red flags show
that it's a fake. Whether through the credibility of the text or Bill Gates' current fortune,
which is not consistent with the request made on the sign. The scams are carried out
through celebrities in order to reach as many people as possible. This image is very common
in the world of fake news, right now fake twitter posts from Elon Musk invite people to click
on a link to win Bitcoin for example. A lot of people are wary of fake news, especially when it
comes to verifying sources. The aim of this prevention is to limit the scam.

To conclude, fake news is on the increase, so it's essential to check the veracity of a piece of
information and the origin of the post.