Hi. I’m monitoring for disinformation around the situation in Iran.
If you see something, DM or email me 📩 Jane.lytvynenko@buzzfeed.com
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You can see a previous debunking thread from last week an over the weekend here ➡️
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9. This video, spread by anonymous pro-Trump accts, is also not of the drone strike that killed Soleimani. It's from a 2014 iOS game called AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron (source: youtube.com/watch?v=clL9yZ)
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1. It’s too early to know whether there are any casualties of tonight’s attack on US facilities. Do not amplify.
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2. This is not an image of the attack. Be extremely careful with amplifying images and videos right now.
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6. This brand new account is spreading an image I've already debunked and unconfirmed information.
Do not trust brand new accounts today.
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7. Another fake image. This one from 2014.
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Alleged image of Khamenei supervising strike is fake. Taken during 2014 IRGC Aerospace Force exhibition
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🚨 Here is an article with debunks from this ongoing thread:
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9. This anonymous account is tweeting unsourced and unverified information. Don't amplify
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10. This account is tweeting unverified information.
It also blocked me. (lol)
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11. This video is from Luhansk in 2015, not Iraq. Note that someone went through the trouble of faking the date, bottom left.
Source: youtube.com/watch?v=QEdF3O
False tweet, for context only, plz don't amplify: twitter.com/felizworldwide
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12. Anonymous account is tweeting unverified updates without linked source. Don't amplify.
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RE: #11 The out of context video is also spreading on Instagram in addition to TikTok and Twitter. This is going to be a common one.
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13. People are getting fake text messages telling them they've been drafted.
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#NEW: Young men in #Jacksonville are getting fake text messages saying they've been drafted into the #military, and are going to #Iran.
"These messages are fraudulent. Do not respond or call the numbers listed." - Office of Secretary of Defense.
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14. Many different casualties numbers flying around. There have been no official casualty counts and it generally takes some time. Please please please avoid amplifying. They're everywhere.
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15. This video was shot in Qatar in May, not in Iraq tonight. Souce: military.com/video/amazing-
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⬆️The words "30 US" are trending. They're referring the false reports of 30 casualties of tonight's attacks.
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16. This is not a video of tonight's attack. It's from a September attack on Saudi Aramco oil facilities. Source: dw.com/en/drone-attac
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🚨 This thread is getting long. It's also being compiled live, here, so you can catch up without waiting for Twitter to load 👇
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17. A "parody" Robert De Niro account is sharing a fake video. This was shot last year, not tonight.
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I've deleted this tweet because there are too many unknowns and I don't want to inadvertently cause confusion.
Follow coverage on the Tehran plane crash here bloomberg.com/news/articles/
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18. This is not a video of Iranian rockets. It's a 2014 video of Russian military exercises. (source: youtube.com/watch?v=v71eF8)
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More on the Ukrainian airplane crash in Iran here 👇
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Unconfirmed photo of the crash site outside of Tehran. Could geolocate it to confirm, especially with the blue-roofed building. Last ping was in vicinity of 35.501609, 50.925865 headed northwest, so search around that radius.
Direct link to orig resolution pbs.twimg.com/media/ENu3eVqW
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19. This image does not prove that the Ukrainian airplane in Tehran was shot down. More here 👇
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I've seen this image doing the rounds, with some people claiming its evidence Iranian AA shot down the Ukrainian airliner, but in my mind it's most likely to be debris from the aircraft itself that caused the damage.
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20. Many images of rocks and debris on parts of the airplane could look like bullet holes. More here👇
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Hey all, be careful about analysis of holes in various parts of the plane.
For example: these images show the same piece, where at least some of the "holes" actually appear to be small rocks or other debris in higher resolution images.
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