Gaza and Ukraine are separate conflicts, but conspiracy theorists are trying to link the two on social media: new research
- Written by: Nicholas Evans, Lecturer in Policing and Emergency Management, University of Tasmania
As the war between Israel and Hamas has intensified in Gaza, disinformation and conspiracy theories about the conflict have been increasingly circulating on social media.
At least that’s what I found in my analysis of some 12,000 comments posted on Telegram channels in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Not...
