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.

    • @islesEnglish
      11•1 year ago

      I’ve been wondering when pages would drop the “formerly Twitter” clarifier.

      • @samus12345English
        4•1 year ago

        From the article:

        But users of X (formerly Twitter)

        Not yet.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Yeah, it kind of looks like the author of the article forgot to fill in their placeholder during proofreading.

      HBO destroyed their brand with “Max”, and Elon was like “hold my beer, I’ll make the single dumbest and most confusing brand decision in the history of business.”