The Moscow Prosecutor's Office urged residents of the capital not to distribute materials on social networks that «may cause ambiguous perception among the society.» The website of the department reports responsibility for the publication of «fake» about the events in the city.
“Social networks and public channels reveal information containing false information, as well as copyrighted content based only on the subjective judgments of its creator, who does not have verified data about the true causes and conditions of what happened,” the release says. prosecutors.
The prosecutor's office does not provide examples of such materials. At the same time, the department claims that “knowingly false information” is being disseminated on purpose — to “destabilize the situation in the city” and “create a negative information impact on citizens.”
The prosecutor's office also urged Moscow residents to check the authenticity of the materials of «a number of media and Internet resources», and journalists — «to be guided by official sources or contact the relevant departments for comments.»
Since the beginning of August, two major fires have occurred in Voskresensk and Domodedovo near Moscow, and an explosion in a pyrotechnics warehouse in Sergiev Posad. At the same time, drones attacked Moscow several times. Operational information about these events is often distributed through telegram channels and local publics.