Elon Musk likely set the bar impossibly high when the entrepreneur professed he would transform Twitter into the “most reliable source of truth” on the internet. Almost a full year into his ownership of what he now calls X, Musk faces the first major test of his lofty goal after this week’s grisly attacks by Hamas cost the lives of an estimated 1,300 unarmed civilians.
Israelis and Palestinians are now currently waging a heated online battle for the hearts and minds of the broader public in a bid to prevent further bloodshed visited upon their respective communities—even if it requires employing false or misleading means.
