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Social Media About the Iran War Is Full of Fakes. Tread Carefully.

Social Media About the Iran War Is Full of Fakes. Tread Carefully.
Men watch from a hillside as a plume of smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The internet is awash in viral fake news about the war in Iran. The main culprits are individuals paid as little as $8 per million views through standard monetization incentives. Social media companies cannot easily check the veracity of the material, which is leading to an explosion of fake artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content and recycled footage.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
Author
Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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