Another example that caused significant outrage at the time was this image of a child inside a cage that circulated in the summer of 2018. It received over 20,000 retweets. A similar post on Facebook received over 10,000 shares. The picture was actually staged as part of a protest against immigration policies, that took place two days previously at Dallas City Hall. Another example of a genuine image where the context got framed and warped. In this example, however, the author did not realise it was part of a protest when he shared the image. A case of misinformation not disinformation. In a similar vein, during the lead up to the US midterm election, there was a great deal of coverage around the ‘caravan’ of immigrants travelling to the US from Central America. Genuine imagery was shared, but with misleading frames. One was this Facebook post, that was actually an image of Syrian refugees in Turkey from 2015. The child depicted in this photo was actually staged as part of a protest against immigration policies. Archived on September 6 2019.14 30 I N F O R M AT I O N D I S O R D E R This photo was posted in the context of the migrant ‘caravan’ in the US, but is actually a photo of Syrian refugees in Turkey from 2015. The original image was shared by the photographer who captured it on Twitter. Archived on September 6 2019.15 FA L S E CO N T E X T 31

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