As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, fact-checkers have stressed the need to be careful when recirculating photos and videos seen on social media that purport to illustrate the violence on the ground.
In many cases, users of online platforms have unknowingly shared images posted by others that later turned out to be faked or misidentified. Even when unintentional, experts say amplifying false information during a time of conflict can have dire consequences.How is misinformation playing a role in social media imagery shared during the war?
Jeffrey Dvorkin, a senior fellow at the University of Toronto's Massey College and former managing editor of CBC Radio, said internet culture has allowed for the easy sharing of images without verification. "As we see in war, it often takes hours, or days, for even the best news organizations to verify accounts," Holan said.
Failure to verify information before reporting it, or to be transparent about sourcing, could end up fuelling further distrust of media."We need to make sure that mainstream news organizations are providing reliable information and telling the public how they discovered this.
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