All Eyes on Rafah – Why did this AI image go viral? | DW News

all eyes on Rafa this image broke the internet last week and has been shared more than 47 million times the aim to draw attention to the situation in Rafa so let’s wrap up how this post went viral the image was first shared by a profile from Malaysia after Israel’s offensive on Rafa a key refuge for gaza’s displaced Palestinians the phrase all eyes on Rafa appears to reference a quote from Richard peorn the World Health organization’s representative in the Palestinian territories raer of course looks nothing like this the picture was AI generated evident by the fact the words were written using tents its dead straight lines lack of detail and the absence of any Shadows but this may have actually helped it go viral bypassing meta’s moderation of violent and political content plus the ad yours feature enabled rapid reposting what do you think why did an AI image get way more attention than real war pictures coming out of Gaza

The “All Eyes On Rafah” image quickly went viral. What’s behind it’s success and why are some criticizing it? 

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11 comments

  1. Yeah, let's debate about why is it an AI image…
    What about focusing on what's happening on the ground?
    DW is a joke, and a very bad one.

  2. Who cares how this Video went viral? What did it change? There are thousands of people being killed and you guys talk about how this Video went viral …. wtf

  3. why meta removes real image? just because the real story is the land is called palestinean, just because the history told is not the version that it wants

  4. What a joke of a ‘news’ ! Yeah, no one had realized that it’s a fake, right? 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ Maybe stop using distracting bs notes and start talking about the real reason this went viral: WE ARE ALL OUTRAGED AT GENOCIDE! Shame on you DW!

  5. We did not force Russia to continue fighting! It is Russia itself that is unwilling to withdraw ! And Putin will also threaten us! Putin's behavior is a bully!

  7. Palestinians are one with hamas. Did everyone forget the palestinians celebrating while Israeli hostages were being paraded down the strip while being brutalized? My my my. How soon we all forget!

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