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The Trump shooting: what happened and what’s next

Images and on-the-ground reporting have spread quickly across social media platforms, as well as massive amounts of false information.

Tech companies are trying to curb misinformation as users scramble to find answers about what happened and why, becoming one of the largest and most urgent content moderation problems in years. Conspiracy theories about the shooting at a rally for Donald Trump began surfacing on X shortly after the news broke this afternoon, with the platform promoting topics including “#falseflag” and “staged” to users. Musk has taken on increasingly conservative views in recent years, promoting the “great replacement” conspiracy theory and endorsing support for white pride.

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