Elon Musk specifically rewrote Twitter’s algorithms to launch disinformation campaigns. Musk made it so that people would always see more far-right content, and he spends time on Twitter (still not calling it X) spreading false information.
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Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a “major combat operation” against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning, disinformation about the attack and Tehran’s response flooded X.
WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X, some of which have racked up millions of views, that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
Elon Musk’s social media platform is a verifiable mess: In some cases, alleged video footage of the attack shared in posts on X are actually months or years old. In several posts, video footage of apparent attacks have been attributed to incorrect locations. A number of images shared on X appear to be altered or generated with AI. Other posts attempt to pass off video game footage as scenes from the conflict.
X was drowning in misinformation before the attack on Iran too. It’s the entire point of X.
Euphoric-Solid5685 on
So is Reddit
Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo on
X Is Drowning in Disinformation ~~Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran~~
No qualifiers needed.
HumongousBelly on
r/interesting and r/worldnews and other subs are also drowning in disinformation regarding this.
The conservative echo bubble is probably even worse
GoneSilent on
The amount of old videos being posted as current strike vids on X is staggering, one of the nations fighting is trying to muddy the waters for battle assessment as much as possible…..The Saudi’s spend near $1mil a month on twitter ads.
AdComprehensive7952 on
X is Drowning in Disinformation Following Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter.
There, I fixed the headline.
ilevelconcrete on
If you think the disinformation on X is bad, turn on any U.S. news network. Doesn’t matter which.
aplomba on
The company run by a Nazi oligarch is complicit in spreading misinformation about world events? Who would have thought?
Why anyone with a shred of integrity continues to use musk’s platform is beyond me.
socialistForDE on
So is reddit. I’m losing my goddamn mind
Julian_Thorne on
Remember back in the day when the Internet was the Information Superhighway? Now I guess it runs parallel to the Disinformation Superhighway
astroboy_35 on
It wasn’t before the illegal attack?
OswaldCoffeepot on
It’s not just X…
Key-Lawfulness5712 on
No shit?
CGI_OCD on
Well..Duh.
Total-Elephant8731 on
So x is just as it’s always been?
HUT2Moon on
X and FB and Insta are always drowning in misinformation
Netizen_Gypsy on
Reddit, Facebook, X and other platforms are all drowning in disinformation.
Mike-Banachek on
The only reason Elon Musk bought Twitter was to turn it to his own right wing propoganda machine. Same with Ellison and Warner Brothers.
ThreadCountHigh on
People who claim to be against fascism and still use X: No they’re not.
Pure-Guard-3633 on
Propaganda is the new norm.
Confident-Virus-1273 on
I actually turned it back on just today (after 2 years away) just to take a look and after 20 minutes I literally couldn’t tell what was real anymore. It really is a zone of imagination, fallacy, lies, AI, and . .. . fuck. I uninstalled the app again.
opus3535 on
No Twitter account no problem, mon… Heya … Boi…..
Basic_Yam_715 on
Wait until the media finds out about all the child porn on twitter(x)… Elon is a pedophile first and foremost.
RamboGram on
Got off Twitter a couple years ago. It’s a cesspool. Fuck Elon Musk.
Stodles on
It wasn’t before?
First_Explanation163 on
So the same as before the strikes.
AcanthisittaNo6653 on
Anyone who uses X to get their news is a moron anyway.
bigdog701 on
who uses X that has an IQ over 80
rividz on
I hadn’t used Twitter in years. I went to go look at what was in the new and trending feeds when the cartels started burning Mexico and the account of disinformation was magnitudes higher than anything I saw there before.
Cautious_Condition82 on
This is literally the reason musk bought twitter for.
xCyn1cal0wlx on
X is drowning in disinformation every day.
CarryBigStickorElse on
That’s the main point of X, to sew disinformation. Anyone using that site for news should just drink a bottle of bleach.
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Elon Musk specifically rewrote Twitter’s algorithms to launch disinformation campaigns. Musk made it so that people would always see more far-right content, and he spends time on Twitter (still not calling it X) spreading false information.
Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a “major combat operation” against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning, disinformation about the attack and Tehran’s response flooded X.
WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X, some of which have racked up millions of views, that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
Elon Musk’s social media platform is a verifiable mess: In some cases, alleged video footage of the attack shared in posts on X are actually months or years old. In several posts, video footage of apparent attacks have been attributed to incorrect locations. A number of images shared on X appear to be altered or generated with AI. Other posts attempt to pass off video game footage as scenes from the conflict.
Read the full story: https://www.wired.com/story/x-is-drowning-in-disinformation-following-us-and-israels-attack-on-iran/
X was drowning in misinformation before the attack on Iran too. It’s the entire point of X.
So is Reddit
X Is Drowning in Disinformation ~~Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran~~
No qualifiers needed.
r/interesting and r/worldnews and other subs are also drowning in disinformation regarding this.
The conservative echo bubble is probably even worse
The amount of old videos being posted as current strike vids on X is staggering, one of the nations fighting is trying to muddy the waters for battle assessment as much as possible…..The Saudi’s spend near $1mil a month on twitter ads.
X is Drowning in Disinformation Following Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter.
There, I fixed the headline.
If you think the disinformation on X is bad, turn on any U.S. news network. Doesn’t matter which.
The company run by a Nazi oligarch is complicit in spreading misinformation about world events? Who would have thought?
Why anyone with a shred of integrity continues to use musk’s platform is beyond me.
So is reddit. I’m losing my goddamn mind
Remember back in the day when the Internet was the Information Superhighway? Now I guess it runs parallel to the Disinformation Superhighway
It wasn’t before the illegal attack?
It’s not just X…
No shit?
Well..Duh.
So x is just as it’s always been?
X and FB and Insta are always drowning in misinformation
Reddit, Facebook, X and other platforms are all drowning in disinformation.
The only reason Elon Musk bought Twitter was to turn it to his own right wing propoganda machine. Same with Ellison and Warner Brothers.
People who claim to be against fascism and still use X: No they’re not.
Propaganda is the new norm.
I actually turned it back on just today (after 2 years away) just to take a look and after 20 minutes I literally couldn’t tell what was real anymore. It really is a zone of imagination, fallacy, lies, AI, and . .. . fuck. I uninstalled the app again.
No Twitter account no problem, mon… Heya … Boi…..
Wait until the media finds out about all the child porn on twitter(x)… Elon is a pedophile first and foremost.
Got off Twitter a couple years ago. It’s a cesspool. Fuck Elon Musk.
It wasn’t before?
So the same as before the strikes.
Anyone who uses X to get their news is a moron anyway.
who uses X that has an IQ over 80
I hadn’t used Twitter in years. I went to go look at what was in the new and trending feeds when the cartels started burning Mexico and the account of disinformation was magnitudes higher than anything I saw there before.
This is literally the reason musk bought twitter for.
X is drowning in disinformation every day.
That’s the main point of X, to sew disinformation. Anyone using that site for news should just drink a bottle of bleach.