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.

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.

    • @IHawkMike@lemmy.worldEnglish
      47•9 months ago

      And if a significant enough portion of the people are getting their information from those sources, we’re all in for a bad time.

    • prole
      English
      18•9 months ago

      More like: we’re all in for a bad time.

      Unfortunately, their inability to discern fantasy from reality does not only affect them.

      • I Cast FistEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        Sometimes, the fantasy is presented in a credible manner. That’s the hook.

    • @Pofski@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      13•9 months ago

      I think another big issue is that there are a lot of news outlets that get their info from those three sources.

      • @KoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•9 months ago

        When Bank of America announced 0% downpayment loans for people living in red lined communities with an abnormally low home value, Reddit was flooded with posts saying “BoA is giving better loans to black people” completely ignoring that the loans had no race qualifications. All it takes is one poorly summarized post and the whole site starts screaming nonsense.

    • ZoolanderEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      That’s not a fair assessment. A lot of news outlets get their info from social media like Twitter so, even if you’re not getting it directly from there, it’s very likely that you’re still getting information from there.

    • @Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      -1•9 months ago

      Hard enough to get unbiased reporting at the best of times.

      Every media outlet picked sides on this a long time ago.