Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley
“Over the last week, the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States has played out in a second theater that never sleeps: the timeline of X/Twitter. The feed is saturated with claims about battlefield damage, casualty numbers, ‘secret’ losses, and the health or death of leaders. The problem is that much of the evidence people think they are judging is no longer anchored in reality. Independent researchers and reporters have documented a surge of AI-generated, mislabeled, and recycled ‘war footage’ circulating widely on X/Twitter, including fake missile strike visuals and staged-looking scenes of U.S. troops allegedly captured. In multiple cases, digital-forensics experts concluded that viral clips were likely AI-generated. Independent fact-checking is strained not only by volume, but by automation.” (03/18/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/how-real-is-the-iran-war