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The surprise attack of Hamas on Israeli towns at the border with Gaza on the morning of Saturday 7 October, 2023, together with the following military reaction of Israel, caused a considerable wave of disinformation on all major social media platforms. EDMO reviewed dozens of fact-checking articles …
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The war in Gaza has dominated social media since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday. There’s been plenty of credible reporting and horrific imagery shared by those on the ground, but the influx of posts has also included one of the most staggering floods of unchecked misinformation in recent …
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Within hours of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel Saturday, a tidal wave of propaganda and conspiracy theories flooded social media in an effort to shape the narrative – not only for the days to come but for the history books. Let’s get a few things straight: The use of the term “Palestinian …
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Videos being shared online falsely claim to show Russia’s President Putin and Turkey’s President Erdogan “warn America” about its support of Israel. The two videos show footage of the leaders speaking in Russian and Turkish, with English subtitles. However, the footage predates recent conflict in …
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Shayan Sardarizadeh is a senior journalist covering disinformation, extremism and conspiracy theories for BBC Monitoring’s disinformation team as part of BBC Verify. Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, he’s debunked dozens of misleading visuals on social media and published his findings on …
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Fake news, conspiracy theories, graphic videos, hate speech and bot armies. “Chaos,” is how Yossef Dar, co-founder and chief product officer at Cyabra, describes what has been happening on social media since the war with Hamas began last Saturday. More stories:Cyabra, which monitors threats on …
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The video shows a young boy in a black T-shirt apparently lying in a pool of blood on the ground. Above him is a camera, with a man shouting directions near him. Two men in kippahs, the Jewish skull caps, and men in green military fatigues similar to Israel Defence Forces (IDF) uniforms are …
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March 2023 Does a video shared to social media in October 2023 show “white Phosphorus bombs” dropped on Gaza? No, that’s not true: The video was shot in Ukraine and was posted to social media in March 2023, which predates the October 7, 2023, start of the Hamas-Israel conflict. The original clip …
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Misinformation around the Israel-Palestinian conflict sweeping across Elon Musk’s X has prompted fresh scrutiny of the social media platform from European regulators and new concern from global advertisers. As the crisis took hold, researchers raced to debunk false or misleading information on the …
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In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction.While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing …
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