"You only need to make a cursory Google search to see the claims can be easily disproven. Sports editor David Evans, writing for Sportscasting, concluded the story about Lamb was fabricated because there is absolutely no source for his alleged quote nor did any reputable sports outlet run coverage on it. Swimming Australia swiftly issued a public statement declaring the comments attributed to O'Callaghan, and subsequently fellow swimmer Kyle Chalmers, were fake."
"At a time when social media fact-checking and moderation is in decline, algorithmic rules govern our social media feeds - often reinforcing our own unconscious biases and echo chambers - and the lines between reality and fantasy are increasingly being blurred by AI, it is more and more difficult for many people to consistently tell fact from fiction. Fake news, a worrying MIT report found in 2018, travels faster and more widely than the truth."
Fabricated posts falsely attributed controversial statements to CeeDee Lamb, Mollie O'Callaghan, and Sam Smith. Quick online searches reveal no credible sourcing for the alleged quotes and official responses have repudiated some claims. Sports reporting identified the Lamb claim as fabricated, and Swimming Australia issued a statement declaring the O'Callaghan and related Chalmers comments fake. Sam Smith has been the subject of numerous hoaxes that have been repeatedly debunked. Declining moderation, algorithmic amplification of biases, and AI-generated content make distinguishing fact from fiction increasingly difficult, and false information can spread more rapidly than verified truth.
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