Social media platforms are struggling to keep up with the influx of misleading or outright false posts going viral about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
last Saturday. There’s been plenty of credible reporting and horrific imagery shared by those on the ground, but the influx of posts has also included one of the most staggering floods ofof content moderation teams, shift to a pay-for-verification model, and the launch of engagement-based revenue sharing have opened the floodgates for users looking to cash in off sensational content.
It is impossible to keep track of every individual piece of misinformation spreading across multiple social media platforms, but here are some of the biggest trends and debunkable claims identified in recent days. way false information about the conflict between Israel and Hamas is spreading is through the misrepresentation of old pictures and videos from past military conflicts.
Pavel Křižka, PR Manager for Arma 3’s production company Bohemia Interactive, has stated that the company works with fact-checking organizations to debunk the misleading videos they have identified. He toldthis week that it’s “disheartening to see the labor of love of so many talented game and a beloved game for many players worldwide used in such way. Abused by a few sick individuals who are deliberately spreading fake news and/or hunting for views and retweets.
“All of the money held in restricted accounts in Doha as part of the arrangement to secure the release of five Americans in September remains in Doha. Not a penny has been spent,” Brian Nelson, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said. “These restricted funds cannot go to Iran — it can only be used for future humanitarian-related purposes. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and misleading.
A supposed White House document allocating $8 billion in military aid for Israel was a fake, a doctored version of a genuine memo about Ukraine. But it still took off on X, part of a flood of disinformation that swamped the site after the Hamas attacks. from his role as House Speaker. Since then, infighting and internal divisions have plagued the battle to vote in a replacement and paralyzed the U.S. Congress.
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