I’ve started mapping patterns of disinformation and have noticed some trends. One is linked to COGAT. Whenever they publish clear evidence of full Gaza markets, there is an obviously co-ordinated surge in photos posted of skinny emaciated child pics from certain super-spreader accounts. All pics devoid of context or verification, obviously. The patterns I’m seeing suggest bot farm coordination. Another really interesting trend is the regularity of the same pic of dead children. There are a few “famous” ones and they seem to be released and heavily amplified on a rota basis that I can actually map on a chart as a pattern, again suggesting coordination. What’s really interesting from a disinformation point of view is 1) the very neatly spaced-out regularity of these surges and 2) the occasional viral pic from Syria, presented as being from Gaza, that meets the same timeline of regularity. Further investigation into AI usage needed but there’s one of these “regular” vids that definitely needs a look at. Long formal paper in the works, will need peer review etc before publication, but I thought I’d share some early findings.
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