When I try and find anything in the news, it’s pretty clear these videos / stories are either fake, or a misrepresentation of past events. TikTok tried to serve me like at least 4 or 5 of them the other day, and it was really weird, only because I had not heard anyone talking about. Confirmed weird when I couldn’t find any news about such an event. The videos are always framed as “China breaks through Israel’s blockade!” and shows a massive plane dropping supplies.

Google search returns this: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-did-chinese-fighter-jets-deliver-aid-to-gaza/a-72607641

But it begs the question, who is publishing this “news” and why.

  • very_poggers_gay [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    We all understand that ideology is a bit like dominos; confidently sharing something that subsequently gets disproven doesnt just make you question that specific fact, it makes you question the ENTIRE ideological framework that led you to believe in that thing in the first place.

    I think there’s another effect on how other people perceive that ideology too. Getting caught in a lie (or as you said, confidently sharing something false) is embarassing. It can be humiliating. If someone wanted to embarass, humiliate, or discredit a pro-China movement in the West, what better way is there than to catch them spreading lies that you can point and laugh at?

    In a world that pretends to be rational, grounded, and truthful, if you can make someone look gullible, susceptible to manipulation, or (the wrong kind of) idealistic, you can push them to the margins.