How verified accounts helped make fake images of a Pentagon explosion go viral
Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon on Monday.
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Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon on Monday.
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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon. Around 8:42 AM on Monday, a verified account on Twitter, labeling itself as a media and news organization, shared a fake image of smoke billowing near a white building they said was the Pentagon. The tweet's caption also misrepresented the Pentagon's located. No such incident took place, the Arlington County Fire Department later said on Twitter. The Pentagon, the headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Defense, is located in Arli...
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon. Around 8:42 AM on Monday, a verified account on Twitter, labeling itself as a media and news organization, shared a fake image of smoke billowing near a white building they said was the Pentagon. The tweet's caption also misrepresented the Pentagon's located. No such incident took place, the Arlington County Fire Department later said on Twitter. The Pentagon, the headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Defense, is located in Arli...
(NEW YORK) -- Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon. Around 8:42 AM on Monday, a verified account on Twitter, labeling itself as a media and news organization, shared a fake image of smoke billowing near a white building