The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation | WIRED

Researchers and OSINT experts say X was flooded with disinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict in the weekend after Hamas's attacks on Israel, making verified information hard to find. Justin Peden, an OSINT researcher known as the Intel Crab, says old videos, repurposed footage and fake images were boosted, while on-the-ground sources were not amplified. Elon Musk recommended two accounts that the article describes as known spreaders of disinformation, and his post was viewed over 11 million times before he deleted it. Emerson Brooking of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Research Lab links the problem to changes Musk has made to the platform, including firing most staff who handled disinformation.