False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia’s invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days.
It’s depressing seeing the shit that people will believe. I’ve immersed myself in learning about conspiratorial thinking and still never stop being surprised at the dumb shit people believe. I mean, stuff that just defies imagination (baby factories being the example in this article).
I think religion is the primary common thread. People who believe fantastical stories start somewhere and I think it’s the christian bible.
Oh look, the town square can be bought. Some are more equal than others.
Full BBC article here, with the properly fact checked examples.
Contacted by BBC Verify for a response to the false and misleading Twitter Blue posts highlighted in this article, Twitter’s press office acknowledged receipt of our enquiry, but declined to comment.
An interesting variation on the obligatory “automated poop emoji” disclaimer
Weird. I thought I had the article posted. Thanks for doing that.
That blue checkmark is literally an indication of something that should be ignored.
What’s fascinating is for those of us somewhere in the centre, the blue tick has gone from representing mad ideas on one side of the spectrum to mad ideas on the other end without ever hitting the penumbra of sensibility.
Thinking official organizations, companies, newspapers, celebrities and other well known people being as mad on one side of the spectrum, as what we currently have, is not a centrist view.
