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"As Hurricane Milton ripped across Florida, leaving a trail of destruction in
its wake, trolls and politicians alike spawned misinformation about the storm,
questioning government preparations and calling it a “simulation” designed to
hurt the Republican state.
But after it made landfall and exited into the Atlantic Ocean, there’s a new
propaganda target among conspiracists: Walt Disney World in Orlando.
On Thursday morning, pictures were circulating on X, formerly Twitter, showing
a flooded promenade at Disney World in Orlando with the Cinderella castle at
its center.
“Hurricane Milton has flooded Disney World in Orlando,” wrote one known vector
of disinformation on X, with the photos, which X users immediately noted was
probably created using an automated AI image creator. The post has already been
viewed over 300,000 times.
Other versions of the same, allegedly deceptive post were also translated into
Spanish and other languages then spread across X. The platform has added a
warning indicating the images are AI-generated fakes.
Still, that didn’t stop
RIA Novosti, one of Russia’s top state-owned news
agencies from reposting the images to its official Telegram channel.
“Social media users publish photos of the sinking of Disneyland in Florida as a
result of Hurricane Milton,” said the post, incorrectly identifying the
location as Disneyland, the theme park located thousands of miles away in
Anaheim, California.
The
RIA Novosti post has already garnered over 300,000 views."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
