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@Shayan86
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Thread: Day two of online misinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict

This video, viewed 1.3 million times, falsely claims to show senior Israeli generals captured by Hamas. It actually shows the arrest of Karabakh separatist leaders by Azerbaijan's security service.
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Here's the thread highlighting misinformation from the first day of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Please DM or email me any videos, images or posts you come across that might be misleading.
This video of the spokesman of Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades, viewed 1.3 million times and widely shared today, is unrelated to current conflict.

The video is from 2014, not now.
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http://yaseenizeddeen.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post_14.html
This video doesn't show Israeli paratroopers over Gaza. It's from 2016, and shows paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne division of the US army perform static line jumps in North Carolina.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-2puqqmycM&ab_channel=AiirSourceMilitary
This is not a video of Palestinian fighters landing in Israel. This clip is filmed in Egypt, and the building in the background is a military academy in Cairo.
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Military+Academy/@30.1087867,31.358419,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipP95qghKS0-iNLGfC4Q8tXaHUtInXo_E5IacbPv!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP95qghKS0-iNLGfC4Q8tXaHUtInXo_E5IacbPv%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i4624!8i3472!4m7!3m6!1s0x1458167418149a45:0x5c588136b9a65d2b!8m2!3d30.1087867!4d31.358419!10e5!16zL20vMDl2Z2Y2?hl=en&entry=ttu
That's not a video of Israel striking targets in Gaza. It shows the town of Ariha in Syria being targted by Syrian government forces.
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https://twitter.com/ShaamNetwork/status/1710700371394376178
This video has been repeatedly shared since yesterday with claims it shows the current conflict in either Israel or Gaza. But it shows neither.

It's a video of celebrations by supporters of CR Belouizdad after winning the Algerian football championship title.
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https://www.lescore.dz/2023/07/crb-les-supporters-brulent-alger-video/

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Oct 7
Thread: Online misinformation is rampant following the escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas today.

This video of a tower block in Gaza being hit by a missile is from May 2021, not today. It was captured live during a BBC Arabic broadcast at the time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJFIKER1k8&ab_channel=BBCNews
This video of a house in Gaza being destroyed by a strike is genuine, but it's actually from May of this year, and not from the fresh escalation in hostilities today.
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https://twitter.com/PalinfoAr/status/1657408682831822850
This video of a house being struck by Israel is also from May of this year, not today.

It was filmed in Beit Hanoun, Gaza; as geolocated by @ChrisOsieck at the time.
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Oct 6
Thread: You may have seen viral posts that Olena Zelenska, President Zelensky's wife, spent $1.1m on Cartier jewellery during the couple's recent visit to the US.

Let's find out why those posts are false, and examine how pro-Kremlin disinformation of this kind travels online.
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The claim first appeared in a 30 September YouTube video by an obscure channel.

In a series of Instagram stories, a woman claims to be a former Cartier employee, who was apparently sacked because Zelenska didn't like her. She then unveils a $1.1m receipt in Zelenska's name.
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The alleged former Cartier employee's Instagram appears to be ".jeanette".

Head over to Instagram and you'll see the account has no posts, no followers, and no following. That should immediately make you suspicious. gorgeous.bb
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Jul 2
Thread: Viral misinformation about the French riots

This video of several cars falling from a multi-storey car park is from the set of the action film Fast & Furious 8, and unrelated to the current French riots.

It was filmed in 2016 on Prospect Avenue East in Cleveland, Ohio.





This viral image, shared on Twitter and Instagram, falsely claims to show French protesters capturing a police van.

The image is from the set of the 2022 French film Athena. A video of the scene can be found on YouTube.

Community Notes have been added to some Twitter posts.

A headline claiming French protesters are targeting police with US rifles smuggled out of Ukraine has been shared on Telegram and Twitter by pro-Kremlin users.

There's no evidence for the claim. The image is taken from a 2022 workshop for trophy hunters in Hauts-de-France.

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Jun 24
As the unprecedented infighting between Wagner and the Russian military escalates, expect false and misleading claims to appear online.

There's currently no evidence of Belarusian President Lukashenko boarding a private jet or Russian officials fleeing Moscow.
I'll be compiling viral misinformation, including videos, images and online claims, about the armed mutiny involving the Wagner group and the Russian military in this thread.

Please flag any suspicious claims you see via DM (open) or email (in my bio).
Seeing plenty of evidence-free claims about the CIA or Nato having organised the mutiny in Russia.

The rift between Wagner's head Prigozhin and Russian Defence Minister Shoigu about the invasion of Ukraine is well-documented, and has been intensifying for months.

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Jun 19
THREAD: Viral videos posted in the last few days claim military vehicles have been unusually spotted around the US.

Most are linked to National Guard annual trainings, some are linked to drills in other countries, one is linked to an upcoming presidential visit. ImageImageImageImage
This video, posted by a notorious conspiracy account with Twitter Blue subscription, claims to show tanks being transported in the US.

The video shows Canadian LAV 6 armoured vehicles being transported to Quebec by rail after a military exercise. ImageImage
This video, viewed six million times, claims to show "military landing" in California.

In fact, that's a Marines helicopter used to transport White House staff and security detail ahead of Joe Biden's visit to California next week. ImageImageImage
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Apr 21
THREAD: a collection of fake Twitter accounts after the removal of legacy verification

A fake account with Blue subscription posing as Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, currently involved in a conflict, falsely claimed the death of its leader Mohamed Dagalo, getting 1.7M views. Screenshot of fake Sudan Ra...Screenshot of genuine Rapid...
Several fake accounts are posing as New York Mayor Eric Adams.

@NYCMayor is the genuine personal account of Eric Adams. The rest are all fake. Genuine personal account of...Fake account posing as NYC ...Fake account posing as NYC ...
A fake account impersonating Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has just been suspended by Twitter.

The fake account simply added another "s" to Lightfoot's official handle @chicagosmayor.

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