Conspiracy Theorists Think Texas Snow Is ‘Fake’

Conspiracy theorists are trying to prove that the recent snow in Texas is ‘fake’ and has been engineered by the government.

TikTok is being flooded with videos of people attempting and failing to melt the ice using numerous methods.

In one clip, a woman is shown blowing hot air on a snowball, as she says ‘it’s not melting’.

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Unfortunately, many of these conspiracists are not aware of the process called sublimation, which is when solid snow turns into a gas.

But this isn’t the first time that this theory has been spread.

Back in 2014, the claim circulated when the southern US experienced a rare snowstorm.

It is believed by experts that these experiences of bad weather are a result of climate change.

This current seasonal switch is forcing power shutoffs and is threatening to ruin the electrical infrastructure. So millions of people have been left in the freezing cold for days.

Misinformation about the snow in Texas has been spreading on social media as of last week, and the top-related queries on TikTok have been ‘Texas snow,’ alongside ‘fake snow’.

A few conspiracists have actually become convinced that Bill Gates is involved and are claiming that somehow, he is involved in the weather ‘fakery’.

The Microsoft co-founder is known to have donated to a Harvard climate project called Scopex, which are trying to slow down the effects of climate change.

Following his donation, climate-change-deniers are publically broadcasting their suspicions.

Over the past year, TikTok has grown rapidly and as a result, it has been struggling to keep a lid on the spread of misinformation, despite its community guidelines.

Yotam Ophir, an assistant professor at the University of Buffalo, told Insider that in times of crisis, it’s typical for people to ‘fall back on all kinds of biases and shortcuts that they use to make sense of the situation’.