Posts on social media in Plovdiv, Bulgaria showed the same photo of a car was with a warning that it was driving around neighbourhoods in the district and stealing children. In the last 24 hours alone, more than 50 reports have been received from worried people who thought their families were in danger. The police categorically denied these rumours. At an extraordinary press conference, they clarified that the car filmed belongs to a 53-year-old man from Plovdiv, who has no criminal record.

This was disinformation against Roma.

• Фалшиви сигнали в Пловдивско, че автомобил обикаля и отвлича деца. In: BTN News. 24.07.2023. https://bntnews.bg/news/falshivi-signali-v-plovdivsko-che-avtomobil-obikalya-i-otvlicha-deca-1242010news.html