Fake news and deepfakes about flydubai flight spreading online
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Deepfakes and false narratives are spreading online following the mid-air incident. ( X )
In the hours since the mid-air incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, false information and fake video have been circulating widely on social media.
In the modern news environment, major events can often be targets for people wanting to spread false narratives or "go viral" with dramatic — and bogus — details.
Add in the tense geopolitics of the regions involved in this particular incident and you have all the ingredients required for a misinformation perfect storm.
ABC NEWS Verify has examined and attempted to debunk some of the fake news that's spreading online.
Rumours started spreading quickly and widely in the wake of this incident that it was an Israeli-planned event, with one tweet by popular United States conspiracy theorist Jackson Hinkle being viewed on X more than 1.5 million times.
A post on X by popular US conspiracy theorist Jackson Hinkle. ( X )
Multiple other posts describing the midair incident as a "false flag" operation — or an act disguising the true person or party responsible — have also been shared widely.
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