Digital Misinformation: The Rise of Synthetic ‘After’ Images in Conflict Reporting
The Anatomy of a Viral Misrepresentation As the conflict in Gaza continues to dominate global news cycles, a viral set of images claiming to show a ‘before and after’ comparison of the region’s urban landscape has been debunked by independent fact-checkers this week. The images, which purported to contrast the city in 2023 with a…