New- Reported on viral falsehoods on X. I and my colleagues found the attack in Israel saw posts that led to confusion, misinformation and conflict on X, exposing how Musk's policy changes transformed the platform into an unreliable resource during a crisis.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/israel-hamas-conflict-was-a-test-for-musk-s-x-and-it-failed?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjkwOTMwMiwiZXhwIjoxNjk3NTE0MTAyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTMkFNUjNEV1JHRzAwMSIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNzAxNENGQzIzNTI0MzU0QTVENUY2QkREMDAxOEU3NiJ9.gEG1vMsXmWjDPUgMfhqvmZ8sQEvZjMoPYpvoW5lLl9Y
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/israel-hamas-conflict-was-a-test-for-musk-s-x-and-it-failed?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjkwOTMwMiwiZXhwIjoxNjk3NTE0MTAyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTMkFNUjNEV1JHRzAwMSIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNzAxNENGQzIzNTI0MzU0QTVENUY2QkREMDAxOEU3NiJ9.gEG1vMsXmWjDPUgMfhqvmZ8sQEvZjMoPYpvoW5lLl9Y
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Someone should ask her how the advertisers feel about having their ads posted next to Nazis spewing hate, and videos of terrorists burning hostages alive.
Seems like solid brand-building for them...
Others who posted this misinformation deleted, but not this author
402.7K views on X.
It was also picked up by The Gateway Pundit, and reached as many as 440K people on Facebook.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1696938010-it-smells-of-death-here-surveying-the-scenes-of-atrocities-in-kfar-aza
It is a genuine well known news org
... Shocked to my core indeed.
Part of the problem here is that Elon probably likes him, so he isn't going to say anything about the posts.