How Misinformation Spreads through Conflict
Science Quickly
Scientific American
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🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. |
| 0:19.0 | Check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | Disinformation and propaganda. |
| 0:24.7 | the viral videos about this war that are having huge impact. |
| 0:28.1 | They are completely fake, but they are having dire consequences. |
| 0:31.3 | Dozens of accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, |
| 0:34.2 | spreading, rather, what's believed to be coordinated |
| 0:36.3 | posts with disinformation about the war. |
| 0:41.0 | When any major news event happens, a lot of us have the same impulse. |
| 0:45.0 | We go to social media to follow the latest updates. |
| 0:48.0 | But that can sometimes backfire. |
| 0:50.0 | Right now, we're seeing viral misinformation everywhere, especially during the current |
| 0:55.2 | Israel-Hamoss conflict. Spreading fast, influencing opinion and making it difficult for anyone who |
| 1:00.3 | uses social media to decipher what's really happening on the ground in the Middle East. |
| 1:05.6 | So we asked the experts why this is happening and what you can do to avoid being taken in. |
| 1:10.3 | I'm Sophie Bushwick, tech editor at Scientific American. |
| 1:13.0 | And I'm Chilika Bose, senior multimedia editor. |
| 1:16.0 | And this is science quickly. On social media platforms, some footage and photos that have been attributed to the Israel-Hama's |
| 1:31.5 | conflict are actually fake or mislabeled or both. |
| 1:36.0 | Think video game footage passed off as a real missile attack from Israel or parachute jumpers in Egypt |
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