AI Fake Fraud Steals Millions of Traffic: How a Carefully Planned Fake Report Goes Viral on Social Media

GasWrangler · 2026-01-08T18:00:10+00:00

[Crypto World] A recent online controversy that has gone viral on social media is worth deep reflection—someone claimed that a certain food delivery platform uses AI "Despair Scores" to exploit riders, posting fake employee IDs and 18 pages of "internal documents," which quickly spread. What was the result? All false.Interestingly, before this scam was exposed, it had already garnered 87,000 likes and 36.8 million views on X. After employing techniques like SynthID watermark detection, professionals confirmed that these materials were entirely AI-generated.This incident exposes an increasingly serious problem: the cost of generating false information with AI is decreasing, while its power to spread is growing exponentially. A carefully crafted lie, amplified by algorithms, can influence millions within days. Even after being debunked, the damage caused by the spread remains. This is a major issue for the entire information ecosystem.

GasWrangler

2026-01-08 18:00:10

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【币界】最近一场在社交媒体上引爆的舆论风波值得深思——有人声称某外卖平台用AI「绝望评分」剥削骑手，贴出了伪造员工证件和18页「内部文件」，一时间传播开来。结果呢？全是假的。

有意思的是，这个骗局在被戳穿之前，已经在X上狂揽8.7万个赞和3680万次浏览。用上了SynthID水印检测这类技术手段后，专业人士确认这些素材根本就是AI生成的。

这事儿暴露了一个越来越严峻的问题：AI生成虚假信息的成本越来越低，但传播的威力却在指数级增长。一个精心设计的谎言，在算法推波助澜下，能在几天内影响数千万人。即使后来被辟谣了，传播的伤害已经造成。这对整个信息生态来说，是个大问题。

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ColdWalletGuardian

· 21h ago

Algorithms are truly a double-edged sword. 36.8 million views before the rumor was debunked, what a pity. Information warfare has already begun, and no one can defend against it. Low cost and high return—this will only become more common in the future. This is why those who obtain information hold the world, but in an era where truth is hard to discern, who has won? So, perhaps decentralized on-chain identity verification can save the day? We need to think of a way. 87,000 likes show what—people trust more in appealing stories, regardless of whether they are true or false. Information pollution has become the norm; trust no one is really no joke anymore. In the Web3 ecosystem, be careful—these tactics can also be used for malicious promotion of projects or to manipulate the market.

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GateUser-9ad11037

· 01-08 18:25

Damn, 36.8 million views and it turns out to be fake? The algorithm is really something else.

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NotFinancialAdvice

· 01-08 18:22

Algorithm one is trusted by millions of people, and debunking it is too late. This is the most terrifying part. --- AI fake creation costs so little? Then why bother with information warfare? Just flood the market, and it's done. --- 36.8 million views... We're all being fed fake news and are completely unaware. --- Really, now I have to think twice whether the trending content is AI-generated or not. It's exhausting. --- So, next time you see some shocking news, take three minutes to think before forwarding—that's the way to go. --- 87,000 likes before being exposed. Imagine those that haven't been discovered and are still spreading. --- Information cocoon + AI synthesis = accelerated social division. This thing can't be cured. --- Another round of public opinion show, netizens have become free tools for dissemination.

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ProofOfNothing

· 01-08 18:21

Algorithms are really a double-edged sword; false rumors spread quickly and cheaply, but debunking them takes ten times the effort.

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DeFi_Dad_Jokes

· 01-08 18:15

Unbelievable, it took 36.8 million views to be exposed, this algorithm is really the culprit. --- The cost of AI forgery is so low, what are we still believing in? LOL --- It's outrageous, a lie can deceive for so long, no wonder information warfare is so popular. --- Isn't this the current norm on the internet? Truth and falsehood are hard to distinguish, I choose to lie flat. --- 87,000 likes, indicating that people prefer stories that hit the pain points, whether true or false is secondary. --- Algorithms, they thrive on this, fact-checking can never keep up with the speed of spreading rumors.

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