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Fake videos and images flooded X in hours after Iran’s attack on Israel | Science & Tech News
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Fake videos and images flooded social media in the hours after Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel on 13 April. Within seven hours of the drones being launched, 34 fake images and videos claiming to show the conflict had received 37 million views on X, according to a report by the Institute for Strategic…
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Twitter pauses new blue tick verification system after being flooded with imposters | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has suspended its newly relaunched blue tick verification system after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts. The premium “Twitter Blue” service is available to anyone for £6.99 a month in the UK ($8 a month in the US) – having previously been used to authenticate the accounts of…