From fake accounts impersonating journalists to war-themed video games fueling false narratives, tech platforms are struggling to contain a tsunami of misinformation around Palestinian-Israeli hostilities after rolling back content moderation policies.
While major world events typically trigger a deluge of falsehoods, researchers say the scale and speed with which misinformation proliferated online following the weekend's deadly assault on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas was unlike ever before.
"Social media platforms are struggling to keep up with the constant churn of misinformation and incitements to violence," Andy Carvin, from the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab , told AFP. AFP factcheckers also found several posts on X, Facebook and TikTok promoted a fake White House document allocating $8 billion in military assistance to Israel.
" the flood of grifters spreading lies and hate to garner engagement and followers, combined with algorithms that promote this extreme and disturbing content, is why social media is in fact such a bad place to access reliable information."Making matters worse, tech platforms appear to be abandoning efforts to elevate quality information.
Musk later deleted his post but not before it racked up millions of views. X did not respond to AFP's request for comment. Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks by land, sea and air that Israel's army says left...Afghan villagers and volunteers on Monday helped dig for survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000...
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