A war of words and images has engulfed social media platforms as a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Gaza. In recent weeks, a concerted disinformation campaign, fuelled by AI-generated and out-of-context content, has sought to downplay the severity of the hunger crisis and shift blame away from the ongoing blockade.
Claims circulated by AI chatbots like Grok and pro-Israel social media accounts have falsely asserted that photos of severely malnourished children are either old, from other conflicts, or that their condition is due to pre-existing medical conditions rather than starvation.
Against a backdrop of increasingly dire warnings from the World Health Organisation and numerous aid organisations, Israeli officials have disputed the existence of a famine and blamed logistical issues on UN agencies and Hamas.
Political figures have also contributed to the confusion, with false statements about the lack of European aid to the region being quickly debunked. As the information war intensifies, members of Eurovision News Spotlight continue to provide essential context and clarity to a complex and politicised crisis.
Here is our Fact-Check Dispatch.
Grok gets it wrong on Gaza's malnourished children
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