Trump’s Assassination Attempt:  Disinformation and Fake News

Following the assassination attempt, fake profiles spread the narrative that the shooting was staged.

Cyabra has uncovered a massive influence of fake profiles on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, spreading a false narrative that has been seen by hundreds of millions of accounts in the hours following the President Trump assassination attempt.

The primary false narrative being spread by fake accounts on social media involved claims that Trump planned the shooting to gather votes before the elections.

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Side-by-side social media posts comparing an authentic photo of Donald Trump with blood on his face after the July 2024 rally shooting and an AI-generated fake image of him smiling, each marked respectively with green REAL IMAGE and red GEN AI labels to highlight misinformation
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