Social media platform X’s Community Notes is spreading false information about Taylor Swift’s Bodyguard.
On Tuesday October 17, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that an Israeli bodyguard who worked for Swift returned to his home country to volunteer as a reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as it prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza.
Two days later, the State of Israel’s official X account boasted of his re-enlistment, @-ing the multi-platinum pop superstar with the message, “we promise you’ll never find another like him.” The account attached two pictures of the bodyguard, one of him in military fatigues and the other of him next to Swift.
But then, X’s Community Notes —a tool set up to add context to factually inaccurate and misleading claims on the platform— falsely claimed the bodyguard was never a part of Swift’s security detail, adding a note to the State of Israel’s tweet.
“The bodyguard in question worked for [Kansas City’s] Arrowhead Stadium, the second picture is from Swift’s 8 July show of the Eras Tour at this venue,” read the note. “This means he was never under her employment and he is not part of the singer’s personal security team.”
The Community Note cited an article from the UK tabloid the Daily Mail as its source.
The problem is that the note’s claim appears to be incorrect and easily disprovable. For a start, the Daily Mail article it cites doesn’t say that at all — in fact, it makes no mention of Arrowhead Stadium, and does not say...
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