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Hungary’s plan to build an undersea pipeline to Israel goes viral
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It has been widely reported on social media lately that an “intercontinental undersea pipeline” is planned to be built between Hungary and Israel. The aim, according to the news, is to export Hungary’s waters to the middle eastern country. But the allegations are false.
An undersea pipeline between Hungary and Israel?
The news that Hungary is planning to build an intercontinental undersea pipeline to Israel is spreading like wildfire on social media. The pipeline would allow Hungary to sell its waters to the middle eastern country. The false claims are based on a patent application from 2009.
However, both the National Intellectual Property Office and the person who filed the patent have confirmed that the idea was never realised. In addition, the National Directorate General for Water has confirmed that it did not pursue any water cooperation with Israel.
In late June and early July 2022, thousands of users shared an alleged patent application. A recurring question underneath the posts was “Are they selling our waters underneath the country?” A significant number of Facebook posts wrote only about allegations, but many commenters believed the pipeline had already been built. “They should turn off the tap asap!” read several comments on the largest social media platform.
This is the problem with social media. You get unintelligent people promoting ridiculously idiotic stories such as this false claim. Are so many people that gullible? This spills over into issues that are actually a threat to safety such as with false claims that have been promoted by anti-vaxxers that have lead to people losing their lives to Covid because they were afraid to get vaccinated.