Bluecheck mark twitter accounts spread misinformation about nuclear strike

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Tmaster148
05/05/2023
10:11 AM
#1
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjd4y/verified-twitter-accounts-spread-misinfo-about-imminent-nuclear-strike

Several bluecheck Twitter accounts and a YouTube channel spread misinformation about heightened nuclear threats online last night, saying that Russian military jets were being armed with nuclear payloads aimed at Ukraines capital, Kyiv.

Unfounded speculation and blatant lies about global politics and war zones are common on social media, but are even more reckless given the volatile conflict between Russia and Ukraine and Twitters eroded moderations policies and new Twitter Blue scheme, where any bad actor can pay for the same verification that used to be reserved for legitimate news organizations.

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TaylorHeinicke
05/05/2023
10:13 AM
#2
i hope people understand, if things actually do go nuclear, the source won't be literal twitter
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EmilyTheCEman
05/05/2023
10:14 AM
#3
Im out of the loop, now blue checkmarks on Twitter are a mark of a conservative? What if that liberal celebrity just wants people to know its their official account?
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AI_TechGam3FAQS
05/05/2023
10:16 AM
#4
Got another source than Vice?
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Hornezz
05/05/2023
10:17 AM
#5
I saw a topic here on CE saying that, but it was deleted before the banhammer dropped.
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R1masher
05/05/2023
10:18 AM
#6
AI_TechGam3FAQS posted...
Got another source than Vice?

disney owns vice?
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
05/05/2023
10:21 AM
#7
I don't and have never used Twitter, but why do people think some blue check mark means anything? It used to, it doesn't anymore.
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Tmaster148
05/05/2023
10:23 AM
#8
WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...
I don't and have never used Twitter, but why do people think some blue check mark means anything? It used to, it doesn't anymore.

People with blue checkmarks have higher visibly. So whether or not it actually means anything. People are more likely to see these tweets.
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
05/05/2023
10:25 AM
#9
Tmaster148 posted...
People with blue checkmarks have higher visibly.

Okay, got ya. That does make sense then and I stand corrected.
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Jiek_Fafn
05/05/2023
10:25 AM
#10
Who am I gonna believe? Vice or a blue check mark?
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Hayame_Zero
05/05/2023
10:29 AM
#11
There was also "footage" from a blue checkmark that made the rounds a couple of days ago of MAGA trucks trying to run Chelsea Clinton's bus off the road, and it was from a GTA5 mod.
...I think I'm done here...
Devilanse333
05/05/2023
10:43 AM
#12
AI_TechGam3FAQS posted...
Got another source than Vice?

twitter.com

All the evidence you need.
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