A report analyzes social media's role in the 2024 UK riots fueled by misinformation after a tragic attack. It urges Online Safety Act review, platform accountability, and AI regulation to combat systemic risks.
Fact check: Viral social media posts claiming a female police officer, Thelma Jakes, is missing are false. Police forces deny the claims. The alert is not genuine.
Fact-check reveals video of Iran protests shared online is miscaptioned, actually footage from 2017, not recent anti-government demonstrations. Important to verify content before sharing.
AI-generated video of damaged army aircraft debunked. The clip circulating on social media is fake, with distorted figures and overlapping planes. Fact-checking is crucial in conflict coverage. AI content identification.
Social media posts allege a museum shooting involving Israeli diplomats is a "false flag." Historians advise skepticism, noting genuine false flag operations are complex. Conspiracy theories often mislabel real events.
Comedian Jeremy Kaplowitz's X post featuring a fake NYT headline about Pope Leo XIV and CHAZ fueled social media confusion. The fabricated story linked the Pope to the 2020 Seattle autonomous zone.
Enhancing information integrity by intervening early, correcting misinformation swiftly, and pushing for accountability. Focusing on speed and proactive improvements across media and government claims.
However, some of the content we’ve seen is miscaptioned and shows conflict elsewhere, is out of date footage of an unrelated event or is even from a video game.
