Elon Musk recommended that users follow accounts that have promoted lies in the past.
Israeli military drive on a road in southern Israel as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. As false information about the rapidly changing war between Gaza Strip militants and Israel proliferated on the social media platform X over the weekend, owner Elon Musk personally recommended that users follow accounts notorious for promoting lies.
“Anecdotal evidence that X is failing this stress test is plentiful,” Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, told The Washington Post. “Go on the platform, do a search on Israel or Gaza — you don’t have to scroll very far to find dubious or debunked information.”
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