Poland's Digital Ministry Fights Disinformation over Krakow Shootings
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The many uncertainties surrounding the attack in the Polish city of Krakow immediately led to fake news online. Blurry images of the attack have been sharpened using AI, but unfortunately, it also fantasizes details. And a photo of a man with a rainbow flag does not reveal the perpetrator's motive, as is being claimed online. Why the perpetrator carried out the attack is currently still unknown.
Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs is fighting disinformation about the shootings in Krakow, Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said.
"The Ministry of Digital Affairs and NASK have been monitoring the situation online since the first hours after the tragic attack in Krakow. We are operating under emergency measures, in cooperation with other state services," Gawkowski wrote on X on Sunday evening. He added that the NASK team reported for moderation over 2,000 social media accounts spreading false information. Among them were bots operating in an automated manner and publishing…
We are not defenseless, because we are suppressing the narrative, but this wave of disinformation in the first hours, in the first 24 hours, after the tragic events, was enormous," emphasized Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski in Monday's Gość Wydarzeń. The conversation focused on, among other things, the mass dissemination of false information following the attack in Krakow.
Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs is fighting disinformation about the shootings in Krakow, said Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.
False information about the deadly attack in Krakow was spread online not only by individuals but also by politicians. The rumors they spread were further popularized by Russian bots and trolls, according to Poland's digitalization minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski. In the first 24 hours after the attack, authorities filed requests to block more than 2,000 accounts.
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