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The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation (www.wired.com)
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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.

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[–] notapantsday@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disinformation on X (formerly known as twitter) of all places? Oh my, things are really going downhill if we can no longer trust the information on X (formerly known as twitter).

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was going to pop open a bottle of champagne after reading the first article that didn't feel the need to say those 4 superfluous words (formerly known as Twitter)

[–] notapantsday@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

It'll always be X (formerly known as Twitter) to me.