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Fake Footage of Iran’s Attack on Israel Is Going Viral (www.wired.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Just 34 of these misleading posts received more than 37 million views, according to ISD. Many of the accounts posting the misinformation were also verified, meaning they have paid X $8 per month for the “blue tick” and that their content is amplified by the platform’s algorithm.

$8 for a million views is a pretty good deal. Ex-twitter is essentially now just a troll marketplace.

[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago

People using Arma 3 again?

[-] Winter8593@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

This is why I don't use xitter

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I guarantee the same content was posted on the fediverse.

Not defending X, but going elsewhere won't protect us from disinformation and the open nature of this network means we have to be especially careful.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

Yep, we can't build something better by ignoring the risks

[-] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yet the picture in the title is really from 14 April 2024 taken in Israel.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-able-handle-situation-spare-middle-east-more-tension-chinas-foreign-2024-04-16/

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

That’s kind of the point? People are taking stuff from other events and pretending it’s this one

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

https://archive.ph/RaLdb

[-] luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 points 5 months ago

First time I think I've seen an article that uses "X" exclusively for Twitter.

this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024

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