Almost two weeks since a massive blackout paralysed the Iberian Peninsula, unfounded claims and conspiracy theories continue to run rampant online.
These are fuelled by the lack of official confirmation as to the cause of the outage, which the Spanish government says will take "three to six months" to determine.
Both the governments in Madrid and Lisbon are conducting their own investigations, while an independent probe will also be led by an expert panel at European level.
The Spanish grid operator, Red Eléctrica, has signalled the likely cause to be two consecutive "disconnection events," barely 1.5 seconds apart, in energy generation plants in Spain's south-west.
But the theory is yet to be corroborated and the exact cause of these events has not been determined.
Euroverify already debunked viral allegations of a cyberattack, a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" or a government-led cover-up in the hours following the power cut.
But a raft of false theories are still circulating, and coordinated disinformation actors are taking advantage of the ongoing speculation to sow further confusion.
A falsified article purporting to come from British newspaper The Independent has been circulating on Telegram, claiming the blackout was a "consequence of European sanctions on Russia."
Another falsified video carrying the branding of broadcaster France 24 makes the same unfounded claims.
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