X ertrinkt in Desinformation nach dem Angriff der USA und Israels auf den Iran
https://www.wired.com/story/x-is-drowning-in-disinformation-following-us-and-israels-attack-on-iran/
X ertrinkt in Desinformation nach dem Angriff der USA und Israels auf den Iran
https://www.wired.com/story/x-is-drowning-in-disinformation-following-us-and-israels-attack-on-iran/
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Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a “major combat operation” against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning, disinformation about the attack and Tehran’s response flooded X.
WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X, some of which have racked up millions of views, that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
Elon Musk’s social media platform is a verifiable mess: In some cases, alleged video footage of the attack shared in posts on X are actually months or years old. In several posts, video footage of apparent attacks have been attributed to incorrect locations. A number of images shared on X appear to be altered or generated with AI. Other posts attempt to pass off video game footage as scenes from the conflict.
Read the full story: https://www.wired.com/story/x-is-drowning-in-disinformation-following-us-and-israels-attack-on-iran/
You could have just stopped with the first five words of the title
The US is practically handing its adversaries free propaganda platforms. Reddit, Twitter, and especially Instagram feel like open season for Kremlin and CCP narratives.
Meanwhile, aside from the occasional Lockheed Martin hype reel or Macarena edit on YouTube, US PR for a country that’s this powerful is genuinely trash-tier.