All articles tagged with #false flag
After an attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis, Trump and other conservatives floated a false-flag theory that Omar staged the incident; reporting shows a real assault occurred, and the piece argues such rhetoric distorts events, deflects from accountability, and risks inciting violence.
BBC Verify reports on the use of AI-generated images to spread false claims about the Bondi Beach shooting, including a fake bloodied victim photo used to suggest the attack was staged, and discusses related misinformation and recent events such as Ukraine's underwater drone attack and US fentanyl death figures.
Venezuela condemned a purported military provocation by Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the CIA, accusing them of planning a false-flag attack to provoke a military confrontation, amid ongoing joint U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago military exercises in the Caribbean.
Elon Musk was deposed in a lawsuit over false tweets that forced a family to flee their home, where he admitted to not vetting information and getting everything from Twitter posts. He claimed a "limited understanding" of the lawsuit and accused the plaintiff's lawyer of seeking money. Musk also admitted to potentially harming Tesla financially with his posts and confessed to using a fake account to role-play as his three-year-old son. He showed little remorse for the harm caused and downplayed the impact on the victim.