Fake Footage of Iran’s Attack on Israel Is Going Viral

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• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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• hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People using Arma 3 again?

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• Winter8593@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is why I don’t use xitter

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I guarantee you the same content was posted on the fediverse.

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  archive.ph/RaLdb

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