How terrorist groups are leveraging AI to recruit and finance their operations Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases The Guardian - US · Jul 8, 2025
As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X Images and videos from previous conflicts, video games and AI generators were often spread by accounts that pay to be boosted on the social media site once known as Twitter. WEKU · Apr 16, 2024
Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope. WEKU · Nov 27, 2023
Israel-Hamas war poses early disinformation test for Meta’s Threads Young app seems to have few viral falsehoods, perhaps because it’s still small and used differently from competitors The Guardian - US · Oct 13, 2023
How pro-terrorism accounts are circumventing moderation on social media Activity from terrorist organisations operating on Twitter has increased by at least 69% since multibillionaire Elon Musk took over the social network, according to researchers focused on online extremism. But these accounts have had to get creative to circumvent content moderation. From "sock puppet" accounts to coded messages and "broken"… France 24 · Nov 25, 2022
Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022