Flood of Disinformation on X Stymies Fact-Checkers During Israel-Hamas Conflict

Journalists and fact-checkers struggled to verify raw footage from Israel-Hamas conflict due to flood of disinformation on X.

Scale and speed of disinformation was unprecedented, made it very difficult to find credible sources.

X algorithm amplified users with blue checkmarks, many of whom spread disinfo.

Years-old fake videos and images were recirculated as current, racking up huge engagement.

X CEO Elon Musk made things worse by recommending disinformation accounts with antisemitic history.