❌ Central Japan was hit with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake today.

I'll be keeping track of the miscaptioned videos that surface online. Take this clip. It shows boats crashing into eachother amid strong waves. But it's old ... It dates to 2011 when it was uploaded by the Associated Press after a tsunami hit the Japenese town of Miyako.

🧵With the US midterm elections nearing, I'll be updating this thread on some of the false or misleading claims circulating.

First up, a clip is being shared claiming to show military deployed to D.C. ahead of the midterms. A quick search for the user's handle via TikTok reveals that the clip dates to at least January 9, 2021, days after the insurrection.

bit.ly/3DKKsdE

🧵This image was shared this week with false claims that the photograph shows schoolchildren celebrating Hitler's birthday on April 20 in Lviv, Ukraine.

The image isn't recent, wasn't taken in Ukraine and doesn't show a swastika. A reverse image search of the photo shows Russian news articles published on April 12, 2016.

🚀 Per the reports, the photo shows people standing in formation to create the number 55 to mark the anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, making his way to space.

🧵 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was not pictured sitting behind the presidential desk in the Oval Office. This is a digitally manipulated image.

Here's a thread on how this image circulating online is digitally altered and indications of image alterations. (1/n) A quick reverse image search shows that this image was captured in December 2019. In the original unaltered image, Trump was sitting behind the Resolute Desk, not Sergey Lavrov.

The unaltered image was widely publicised by the media at the time, including by CNN.

🧵How do you find a tweet quickly even if it's weeks or years old?

Here's a quick step-by-step guide on how to do a Twitter advanced search.

This can help if you've seen an image of a tweet that you think may be fabricated/never published. It can also help find authentic posts. First, head to Google and look for "Twitter advanced search."

You'll have to be logged into your Twitter account.

🧵There's a lot of content online and miscaptioned footage can create confusion especially at a time of crisis.

One thing you can do is a reverse image search to find if a photo or video is old or pertaining to current events.

Here's a step-by step guide (1/n) Users online have been sharing an image claiming to show Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in military gear fighting Russian forces.

How can we tell whether this is a recent image or and old one?

First thing is to screenshot or download the image in question.

🧵There's plenty of clips and images circulating that are years old and completely unrelated to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Clips that are miscaptioned add to confusion in what is an extremely tense time.

What can you do? First, take a pause. Don't rush to share content. Take a look at the comments section to see if there's any indication that the content is unrelated to the current situation.

Likelihood is, some users will have noticed whether a piece of content pertains to a previous event or conflict.

🧵 In any time of tension, misinformation can circulate on social media and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is of no exception.

So, let's take a look at some of the miscaptioned social media posts circulating online.

This video has over 250,000 shares ... (1/n) But a reverse image search reveals that the video was uploaded by a 3D animator to YouTube in October 2021 and is unrelated to any current tensions.

Per the description of the clip, this is a small compilation of the user's content pertaining to WW2:

reut.rs/3peVL6e

Ahead of the release of the #DSA, let's take a look at what @vestager said previously.

- DSA will update the E-Commerce Directive (released in 2000)
- It will require digital services to take more responsibility for dealing with illegal content/dangerous goods - They'll need to put procedures in place to deal with notifications about illegal content
- Need to make it more difficult for dodgy traders to use platforms
- eg by checking seller's ID prior to use of platform

We’ve been saying this for so long.

If 2020 has shown us anything, it’s that you don’t need high tech to spur on misinformation.

This account was impersonating Dr. Fauci. But look how many followers it had before being suspended yesterday. A few things:

First, this shows how vulnerable we are to disinformation.

Second, it shows how easy it is to impersonate anyone on Twitter.

Ukraine's president @ZelenskyyUa issues lengthy statement on Telegram following a night of unrest during #Belarus elections - he urges "maximum tolerance". Continuing thread on reactions as they come in.

Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt says this on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1292702679253364737