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As a massive blaze engulfed a London high-rise overnight, the usual trolls began spamming social media with photos of fake missing people, in a similar fashion to what happened in the aftermath of the Manchester terror attack. 。
SEE ALSO:London tower residents repeatedly blogged about fire safety — but were ignored 。This time, Mexican trolls were particularly active in targeting the freelance journalist Andrea Noel, who was previously harassed online after sharing a video of a man assaulting her on the street. 。
The Twitter user Sir_Thomaas posted a picture of Noel claiming she was missing: 。
Noel was also wrongly included in a collage of missing people after the Manchester attack, which went viral and even featured in some media reports: 。
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But Sir_Thomaas didn't stop with Noel. 。
He shared the following fake story, below: 。
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He also uploaded and retweeted other photos of fake missing people, like this one of a viral video star from Mexico known as El Pirata de Culiacán. 。
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Judging from his Twitter account it's clear that El Pirata was not at the tower: 。
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Other accounts with content related to Mexican internet culture also made the rounds on Twitter.。
For example, the YouTuber Mars Aguirre was falsely reported as missing: 。
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But she tweeted four hours ago in Spanish which would again indicate that she wasn't at the Grenfell Tower: 。
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