cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6589988

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.

  • Franzia
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if Lemmy has a better track record for misinfo than 2018 Twitter. Or even… Pre-2016 twitter. Gosh twitter has been shit for so long. Anyway. Do we have a news community that makes strides to be perfectly correct? I bet a lot of people would hate posting and commenting there lol.

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      1 year ago

      I assume it’s a mixed bag: Some servers will remove it, others won’t and the worst of the worst will actively disseminate it.

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        1 year ago

        Brb gonna make the Misinformation-Only instance. Well, actually disinformation is also welcome.

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          1 year ago

          Great idea, I can’t wait to post my theory of the earth being a 5th dimensional pyramidion over there.