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Social media users are suggesting a video shows a laser beam igniting the wildfires that burned through the US state of Hawaii in August 2023. This is false; the clip was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and appears to show lightning.
Right-wing media and conspiracy theorists are using Hawaii’s recent fires including the most deadly U.S. wildfire of the past century to repurpose misinformation, cast doubt on the role of climate change, and vilify the state’s ambitious renewable energy goals while spreading bizarre conspiracy theories, including claims that the fires were secretly started by “directed energy weapons” from a Chinese satellite. YouTube and Meta are profiting off of ads on content that amplifies this harmful misinformation. The fires, which have killed over 100 people in the historic community of Lahaina on the island of Maui and caused billions in damage, have joined a whole host of other climate change-fueled disasters in sparking unfounded accusations of foul play on social media. Over 800 are still missing.
Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were used to spark the flames. Posts invoking such technologies or claiming the blazes were set intentionally to create climate-friendly cities have generated millions of engagements on platforms such as X.…
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