Social media platforms wage war against growing pro-Hamas content
X (formerly Twitter), Telegram and others to either fix their content moderation algorithms or face action
Israel-based social threat intelligence firm Cyabra found that from over 162,000 profiles engaged in conversations about Hamas's attacks, 25 per cent — more than 40,000 profiles — were fake.
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During the first week of the conflict (October 7-14), US-based for-profit organisation NewsGuard analysed the 250 most-engaged posts (likes, reposts, replies, and bookmarks) that promoted one of 10 prominent false or unsubstantiated narratives relating to the war.
It found that verified users with Blue badges are the ones spreading the vast majority of misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war on X.
The results revealed that 186 out of these 250 posts — 74 per cent — were posted by accounts verified by X.
«Nearly three-fourths of the most viral posts on X advancing misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war are being pushed by 'verified' X accounts,» according to the analysis.
The European Commission formally opened an investigation into X over alleged spreading of illegal content and disinformation, in particular the spreading of terrorist and violent content and hate speech in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Commission sent a
