Blue-checked 'verified' Premium users on X are superspreaders of misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war.
Nearly three-fourths of the most viral posts on X advancing misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war are being pushed by 'verified' X Premium accounts, a NewsGuard analysis has found.In March 2023, X owner Elon Musk overhauled the platform's verification system, allowing users to pay a fee of $8 a month to become X Premium users. Premium accounts display a blue checkmark on their profile and have their posts prioritized by the algorithm used by X .
Blue-Check FalsehoodsNewsGuard identified seven accounts that have spread at least two of the most widely shared myths relating to the war. All were verified by X.For example, X-verified user @Sprinter99800, an anonymous account with more than 361,000 followers on X, shared five different war-related myths, including the claim that a bogus video showed Israeli senior officials captured by Hamas and that CNN staged footage of an attack on one of its news crews.
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