Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel on Saturday morning, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction.

While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.

Among the fabrications, users have shared false claims that a top Israeli commander had been kidnapped, circulated a doctored White House memo purporting to show President Joe Biden announcing billions in aid for Israel, and pushed old and unrelated videos of Russian President Vladimir Putin with inaccurate English captions.

Here is a closer look at the misinformation spreading online — and the facts.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-misinformation-fact-check-e58f9ab8696309305c3ea2bfb269258e

[Ninga]

1. Helpful and necessary. 👍

[Hekate]

2. Highly recommended

[BComplex]

3. Thank you so much for posting this, Yo Mama!

The propaganda (always more effective if there's a nugget of truth) is stirring the emotional pot a great deal. That is not an accident, and that is not just "news". And THAT is how more war and hatred beget more war and hatred.

[intheflow]

4. I saw the "Biden sends millions to Israel" story on DU.

Didn’t read it, but it made it to the Greatest Page and moved pretty high up, iirc. 😞