Arma 3 and faked war footage
A tweet/X post purporting to depict an IDF helicopter being shot down by a Hamas missile has garnered 9.3 million views. The account supported both Hamas and Russia, and the post is an example of the use of computer-game footage made with Bohemia Interactive’s military simulator Arma 3. Videos propagating false information about the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria are a regular occurrence, and some have even made it to national television. A 2016 research paper on Russian-originated disinformation found a “firehose of falsehood”, with impact increased by a high number of channels and messages...