Video of civilian shooting on X (Twitter) exceeds 1 million views
Expert: “Harmful content spread after Elon Musk X acquisition”
The Palestinian armed faction Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing more than 2,000 people on both sides, and videos of civilians being brutally massacred are spreading on social media. There is an analysis that Hamas distributed violent videos by taking advantage of the lack of proper censorship of harmful content on some social media, including ‘X (formerly Twitter).
The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 10th (local time) that Hamas is trying to sow fear and confusion in the public by spreading violent videos in X, where harmful content is not well censored. This is similar to how in the past, Islamic extremist militants uploaded a series of videos through X showing them brutally shooting hostages.
After Hamas infiltrated southern Israel on the 7th and killed hundreds of civilians, videos of people being shot dead and kidnapped quickly spread on social media such as X and Telegram.
A video of Hamas firing rifles at a vehicle carrying civilians exceeded 1 million views on X.
An anonymous official in charge of creating social media content for Hamas explained in an interview with the New York Times, “This is (Hamas’) strategy,” adding, “It is to spread brutal videos to carry out psychological warfare against targets and seek support from allies.” .
“Such violent videos usually start on Telegram and spread through X,” said Satsu Achiya, director of FakeReporter, an organization that investigates harmful information on social media. “Afterwards, it spreads to other social media such as Instagram.”
The New York Times analyzed that this is because after Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year, he fired a large number of employees who monitored harmful content in the name of freedom of expression.
It is said that X, which has more than 330 million users around the world, has become a hotbed of illegal content by easing the blocking of harmful content.
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“Previously, if you reported a violent video to “It has become a battlefield without ethics,” he added.
In relation to this, on the 9th,
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