TECH - Elon Musk's X Community Notes Is Wrong Graphic Hamas Video Shared By Trump Jr. Is Actually Real: Report | Benzinga
Amid concerns about fake content and disinformation spreading on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the accuracy of Elon Musk’s much-endorsed feature Community Notes has come under scrutiny after it erroneously flagged a graphic video shared by Donald Trump Jr.
What Happened: On Tuesday, Trump Jr. took to X and shared a graphic video that purported to showcase Hamas fighters attacking Israeli citizens on Saturday morning. The son of former U.S. President Donald Trump wrote, “You don’t negotiate with this. There’s only one way to handle this,” adding that the video had come from a “source within Israel.”
Within hours, the post got shared widely on the platform, attracting the attention of X’s user-generated fact-checking system, Community Notes, which added context to the post, stating: “This is an old video and is not from Israel,” accompanied by a link to the referred video.