Underneath the image, a caption states: “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.”
How could the transfer be considered peaceful, some wondered.
Was the language meant to be satire?
Turns out the image was fake.
Just as before, social media outlets are resorting to labels and warnings to caution users aboutfaked content.
On Sunday, Taliban fighters took over Kabul, the capital, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
Similar videos appeared on Twitter and TikTok without a label.
On Facebook and its photo-sharing service Instagram, the doctored CNN image was labeled as altered.
“Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people,” the label said.
YouTube didn’t label the video and said the video didn’t violate its rules.
But not all did.
The label noted the “video may be inappropriate for some users.”
The company said it also surfaces videos from authoritative sources during breaking news events.
Twitter pointed to its policies against violent organizations and hateful conduct.
The company received criticism from some conservatives for allowing Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid to use its platform.
The company didn’t immediately answer questions about whether the account violated its rules.
Some of the notes included content about Afghanistan.
It’s utterly bizarre."
TikTok didn’t immediately respond to questions about how it’s moderating content about Afghanistan.
Richard Nieva contributed to this report.
