Misinformation in Ukraine/Russia war is video game footage.

[Resnic]

Seems a whole lot of information being passed around on news sources and social media showing Russia and Ukraine war is propaganda being used against Russians. A lot of it is footage from video games and passed around as being real.

This leads to bad information and just pushes the agenda all Russians are bad when they aren't.

Some Of The Most Popular 'Ukraine Footage' Is Actually A Video Game

Once again, ArmA III is being confused/misused in a time of conflict

kotaku.com

Russia-Themed Misinformation Spreads via Facebook, Telegram

Misinformation focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flooded social media conversations Thursday, from pro-Kremlin conspiracies spreading across Telegram to videos described as live attacks proliferating on Facebook’s gaming platform.

www.bloomberg.com

Footage shows flight simulator game, not Russian fighter jet being shot down

Social media users on Thursday misrepresented footage from a video game showing close combat between two fighter jets, claiming the clip showed the Ukrainian air force shooting down a Russian fighter.

apnews.com

War in Ukraine sparks new wave of misinformation

Video game footage and fake TikTok livestreams are nascent forms of misleading content that have flourished in recent days.

www.nbcnews.com

I wonder how many people were duped by bad information.

 

[eagle1462010]

Bots all over are spewing garbage out. Not many really know what is really happening......

Nothing new here..........Can't trust our gov't either as they feed BS to the media clowns.

 

[harryo]

Seems a whole lot of information being passed around on news sources and social media showing Russia and Ukraine war is propaganda being used against Russians. A lot of it is footage from video games and passed around as being real.

This leads to bad information and just pushes the agenda all Russians are bad when they aren't.

Some Of The Most Popular 'Ukraine Footage' Is Actually A Video Game

Once again, ArmA III is being confused/misused in a time of conflict

kotaku.com

Russia-Themed Misinformation Spreads via Facebook, Telegram

Misinformation focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flooded social media conversations Thursday, from pro-Kremlin conspiracies spreading across Telegram to videos described as live attacks proliferating on Facebook’s gaming platform.

www.bloomberg.com

Footage shows flight simulator game, not Russian fighter jet being shot down

Social media users on Thursday misrepresented footage from a video game showing close combat between two fighter jets, claiming the clip showed the Ukrainian air force shooting down a Russian fighter.

apnews.com

War in Ukraine sparks new wave of misinformation

Video game footage and fake TikTok livestreams are nascent forms of misleading content that have flourished in recent days.

www.nbcnews.com

I wonder how many people were duped by bad information.

This is exactly what the US MSM does everyday, for the last few years

 

[shockedcanadian]

This is the problem with video today, especially with todays AI voice and video generation capabilities.

 

[theHawk]

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[eagle1462010]

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They need a new story .......The world is turning on their Covid BS ........Ukraine is the NEW NEWS.........to try to hide what they did during Covid........

Elections are coming up.