alphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBlue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas Warwww.newsguardtech.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkBlue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas Warwww.newsguardtech.comalphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoWell, yeah… Just because the act.il app got shutdown doesn’t mean the Israeli government stopped paying people to spread propaganda. They just stopped doing it openly through the main app stores. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act.IL According to Mondoweiss, an email sent in March of 2022 to the app’s users announced that the app will be shut down but that users should continue to interact with Act.IL’s content on its other social media platforms.
Well, yeah…
Just because the act.il app got shutdown doesn’t mean the Israeli government stopped paying people to spread propaganda.
They just stopped doing it openly through the main app stores.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act.IL