I’m a technology reporter and founder of Paleofuture.com, a website I started in 2007 that looks at past visions of the future, from flying cars and jetpacks to utopias and dystopias. Paleofuture was formerly hosted at Smithsonian magazine (2011-2013) and Gizmodo (2013-2020).
A photo appearing to show digital billboards in New York with the words, “Ceasefires Are Anti-Semitic” has gone viral on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. But it’s been photoshopped. The billboard clearly reads “Be Human. Stand For Israel,” in the untouched photo.
X has been flooded with political messages about the Israel-Hamas war ever since Hamas launched a coordinated attack on Israel on October 7 that killed 1,400 people. Israel responded with airstrikes that have so far killed roughly It’s unclear who first made the photoshopped version of the billboard but the original photo, where you can clearly see it reads “Be Human. Stand For Israel,” dates to at least October 19, when the Facebook account, doesn’t have a Community Note, the crowdsourced fact-checking system that used to be known as Birdwatch before Elon Musk bought the site.
As one recent example, I fact-checked some photos on October 21 that had been upscaled using AI software that didn’t have a Community Note attached. But less than an hour after my article was published, the crowdsourced fact-checkers added a note, without any mention of my workMeta Sued By 33 States Over Substantial Dangers For Kids On Instagram And Facebookand that doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon. But make sure you take everything you see with a grain of salt.
All we know is this particular image is completely fake and doesn’t read “Ceasefires Are Anti-Semitic.” But there will be more fakes soon. And you can bet they’ll probably appear first on X, the new central hub of disinformation.
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