The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
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If you're getting your information from facebook, twitter or fox news (to name a few top offenders) you're in for a bad time.
And if a significant enough portion of the people are getting their information from those sources, we're all in for a bad time.
More like: we're all in for a bad time.
Unfortunately, their inability to discern fantasy from reality does not only affect them.
Sometimes, the fantasy is presented in a credible manner. That's the hook.
I think another big issue is that there are a lot of news outlets that get their info from those three sources.
That's not a fair assessment. A lot of news outlets get their info from social media like Twitter so, even if you're not getting it directly from there, it's very likely that you're still getting information from there.
Hard enough to get unbiased reporting at the best of times.
Every media outlet picked sides on this a long time ago.