00:00Now over the last couple of years social media has become more of a source of news for a lot of people.
00:03There's a good chance in fact that you're watching this video on maybe TikTok or Instagram or something similar.
00:08However, in the last few weeks in particular
00:10misinformation has been rife and it's caused some big situations.
00:13In the case of Algerian boxer Iman Khalif, the misinformation was that she'd been born a male.
00:17None of those rumors were correct.
00:19Iman Khalif was born as a woman and will now have the pleasure of fighting for a gold medal in the Olympics.
00:23But more prominently for Brits, misinformation was spread about the identity of the Southpaw attacker who killed three and injured ten last week.
00:30News was reported that the perpetrator was an immigrant, which is untrue,
00:33but has led to rioting. X, formerly known as Twitter, has been at the epicenter of both these situations with Steven Yaxley-Lennon
00:39organizing and distributing some information about these riots from a sun lounger in Cyprus.
00:44Now questions have been asked for a long time about how we can make sure that the information spread on social media is accurate.
00:50So is it time for the government to implement stricter regulation?
00:53Either way, be careful what you post and be careful what you believe if you're looking at it on social media.
00:57Manchester World, I'm Theo Hewson-Best.
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