Key Bridge Collapse Misinformation
How a single careless tweet started a misinformation juggernaut
The Francis Scott Key Bridge is located in Baltimore, Maryland and carries I695. The bridge was struck by a container ship on or about 1:30 AM on March 26th. The first piece of misinformation about the bridge occurred at 6:33 AM, Mar 26, 2024 by Indian Defense Analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.
The tweet has since been copied and shared multiple times over the past few hours with inauthentic and AI accounts taking over to increase engagement. This kind of misinformation is very dangerous because it "feels" true and that can be exploited by disinformation agents to twist the video's meaning.
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That the ship lost power and thus control at the exact right moment to drift into the bridge is crazy timing so some will look at that and presume it was done on purpose. Also, when govt agencies start proclaiming what it was or wasn't after just a couple hours doesn't really help IMO. I mean, seriously, how do they know with that much certainty after so little time? BUT, all that said, I tend to think if it was terrorism, then people who were hell bent on carnage and death would wait for a ship to be passing under the bridge at a rush hour time period to maximize casualties.