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How A Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel's 3D propaganda videos

by e12e on 10/10/25, 8:13 AM with 11 comments

• by alexisread on 10/10/25, 10:49 AM

  After all the lies from the IDF, I'm still surprised anyone takes their word anymore without corroborated supporting evidence. So many of these were debunked even by western media (eg. tunnels under hospitals in Lebanon). Now that Tiktok US has been bought, I guess we'll see more of this junk on there.

• by brikym on 10/10/25, 9:40 AM

  If you look carefully in the video inside the tunnels you can see the terrorist that has evaded the Scottish navy for decades. So that's where the loch ness monster is.

• by oytis on 10/10/25, 9:52 AM

  So a Scottish museum published some assets under CC, and Israeli military uses it in visualisations, because obviously they don't actually have x-ray images of every building. I believe soon these gaps will be filled with AI generated imagery instead

• by ignoramous on 10/10/25, 11:52 AM

    The IDF's videos have been widely disseminated through its official channels and picked up by major media worldwide including the BBC, Daily Mail, Fox News, and CNN, giving them significant reach.
  

  As expected, disinfo is rife during conflicts. What will be important is how MSMs own up to this, and if there's any will to not be reduced to being a mere propaganda rag, in times like these.

  The Tech industry seems to be very much at the forefront of 'Software is eating the truth.' Though, there's no expectation here for the industry to do any better, given what's transpired in the recent past.

  As +972mag is subject to censorship, see also this co-report by another newsroom: https://theferret.scot/idf-scottish-museum-3d-models-propaga... / https://archive.vn/1734k

  And, this podcast link shared on X by one of the lead investigators [0]: Realistische Fantasy: Die 3D-Erklärvideos der Israelischen Armee, https://www.srf.ch/audio/international/realistische-fantasy-...

  [0] https://x.com/JackSapoch