Flutterby™! : Israel, Hamas, and misinformation

Israel, Hamas, and misinformation

2023-10-11 19:59:23.201699+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Bellingcat: Hamas Attacks, Israel Bombs Gaza and Misinformation Surges Online:

Some of the examples above received thousands of views and continue to circulate online. Several of them have been shared by the accounts of NGOs and news organisations on social media, as well as by prominent individuals with verified accounts on the same platforms.

Importantly, these cases did not require sophisticated image manipulation techniques to convince users that the imagery was credible enough to be amplified. They were simply miscontextualised and misrepresented, knowingly or unknowingly, by those who initially posted them.

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