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Sarah Harte: Fake news has become an enemy of the truth in our tech-led society

Since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war the internet has been flooded with disinformation, misinformation, fabrications, and doctored imagery
Sarah Harte: Fake news has become an enemy of the truth in our tech-led society

Palestinians look for survivors following Israeli airstrike in Nusseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Picture: Doaa AlBaz/AP

It pays to be sceptical about what we are seeing. As the Israel-Hamas war proceeds in all its obscenity and the death toll skyrockets, a shadow war is taking place on social media. 

Hate, disinformation, misinformation, fabrications, and doctored imagery are flooding the internet with unmeasurable social consequences. 

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