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Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk's X is the most egregious

While Twitter has always struggled with combatting misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Published - Oct 11, 2023, 01:03 PM ET
Last Updated - Oct 11, 2023, 01:03 PM EDT

While Twitter has always struggled with combatting misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world. But the Israel-Hamas war has underscored how the platform now transformed into X has become not only unreliable but is actively promoting falsehoods.

Experts say that under Elon Musk the platform has deteriorated to the point that it's not just failing to clamp down on misinformation but is favoring posts by accounts that pay for its blue-check subscription service, regardless of who runs them.

Ian Bremmer, a prominent foreign policy expert, posted on X that the level of disinformation on the Israel-Hamas war “being algorithmically promoted" on the platform "is unlike anything I've ever been exposed to in my career as a political scientist.”

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