Navigating X today for breaking news means having to deal with xenophobic rhetoric, doctored videos, and “ bots spreading more misinformation than Facebook did in 2016. ” A viral video on the platform claimed to show a Hamas fighter shooting down an Israeli helicopter. It was actually a clip from the video game Arma 3 . It also featured Algerian fireworks celebrations presented as Israeli attacks on Hamas , a completely fake photo of Cristiano Ronaldo holding the Palestinian flag, posted by an account pretending to be a BBC journalist with a blue check mark.
Almost everything that has gone viral on Twitter bosnia and herzegovina telegram in recent days is fake , assures Matt Binder of the media outlet Mashable . This tsunami of misinformation was inevitable given Elon Musk’s continued efforts to not regulate his Wild West . Over the past year, he has carried out mass firings of content moderators, reinstated previously banned accounts, and allowed users to pay for a checkmark on social media.
Those who pay can have their content promoted by the algorithm. Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, " each of his decisions has weakened an already precarious information balance ," analyzes William Audureau of Le Monde , one of his first decisions was to reverse the hierarchy of information. No more highlighting certified accounts - celebrities, media, states, journalists, supposed to be accountable for their word .
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