Starting on November 13, 2015 a chain of ISIS terrorist attacks began in Paris, France. Many people made matters worse by editing and posting various tweets and pictures.

One of the very first edited pictures was of Veerender Jubbal, a Sikh man from Canada. A selfie that he uploaded back in August was edited to make him look like one of the suicide bombers from Paris. To make this look real they added a vest and changed his iPad into a Quran. This photo was shared on three news sources including La Raźon, a very widely read media outlet.

A past tweet from GOP candidate Donald Trump was also brought up. This was originally posted in January as his response to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Trump tweeted “Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?”

This tweet has now been deleted. Trump’s actual tweet to to the most current ISIS attacks was “My prayers are with the victims and hostages in the horrible Paris attacks. May god be with you all.”

Another tweet that was believed by many was a picture of the Eiffel Tower without any lights on. This post was actually from the New York post with a link to a picture from this past January which was in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.  What many do not know is that The Eiffel Tower lights go off automatically at 1 a.m. each morning.

There was also a belief that the Empire State Building changed colors from its usual colors to blue, white, and red for the victims of the Paris attacks. Instead, the Empire State Building went dark that night. Pictures were manipulated to make it seem as if the colors did change.

The attention, whether accurate or not, sparked a large argument on why Paris got so much attention. Other places around the world have more terrorist attacks and deaths almost daily. For example, Kenya was attacked in April, with terrorists killing 147 people. When searching #kenyaattacks there are about 330 results.

Social media has a tendency to make events seen larger than they actually are. For example, Kony 2012 was a short film featuring Joseph Kony, an International Criminal Court fugitive. The short film was released with the purpose to stop Kony. Since this story film was released there were many posts about this subject, but it hasn’t been talked about recalled from many people since then.

Even after all the chaos that occurred on November 13, 2015 in Paris, much love and prayers were shared through social media for the victims of the country.