alphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBlue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas Warwww.newsguardtech.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkBlue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas Warwww.newsguardtech.comalphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·8 months agoIt seems like a cheap option to appear valid is being used to promote misinformation. Who could possibly have seen this coming?
minus-squareBappity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoblue or any colour check has been solidified in my mind as a source of misinformation lol
minus-squarewinterayarslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI mean that’s all but explicitly what they wanted.
It seems like a cheap option to appear valid is being used to promote misinformation. Who could possibly have seen this coming?
blue or any colour check has been solidified in my mind as a source of misinformation lol
I mean that’s all but explicitly what they wanted.