Misinformation shared on apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram stoked fear and distrust amid already heightened tensions in Israel and Gaza, according to New York Times technology reporter Sheera Frenkel.
Frenkel monitored roughly 100 Israeli and Palestinian local message groups last week as part of a Times investigation.
Messages were being shared warning that Israeli soldiers had crossed into Gaza, which never happened, said Frenkel in an interview with The Current’s Matt Galloway.
“We were seeing lots of messages being shared
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