US EditionThousands Gather in Birmingham for Nonexistent New Year Fireworks Display
- Thousands were left disheartened after a social media hoax led them to expect a fireworks display in Birmingham's city centre that never materialised.
- West Midlands police officers informed attendees that no fireworks event was scheduled after the hoax.
- The illusion of a grand fireworks show was propagated by social media and AI posts, revealing misinformation and fake news.
- Birmingham Superintendent Emlyn Richards confirmed that there is no planned fireworks event for New Year's Eve in Centenary Square this year.
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Birmingham's New Year Eve Hoax: Thousands Tricked Into Non-Existent Fireworks Gathering
In a bizarre situation, thousands of Britons were duped into gathering at Birmingham's Centenary Square on New Year's Eve after being hoaxed into believing by social media scammers that a non-existent fireworks display was about to take place to celebrate the occassion. Based on social media rumors, the hopeful spectators arrived at the venue, only to be met with disappointment as no event had been organised, according to a report in The Guardia…
Thousands gather for the New Year's fireworks in the square, then the bitter discovery: “It was a scam, all fake. No show scheduled.”
2025 began with a colossal disappointment for thousands of people in Birmingham, UK. Attracted by a fireworks show advertised on social networks, many flocked to wait for midnight in Centenary Square: it's a pity, however, that at the stroke of the new year they discovered that it was a hoax. Warm clothes, phones in hand and a lot of waiting for an event that never happened. The police, present on the spot, had to give the bad news to the disapp…
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