evidence: Crisis actor narratives have become a standard element of the messy information landscape of catastrophe, from the war in Syria to the Russian invasion of Ukraine to mass shootings in the U.S. [...] BOND: Crisis actor accusations have also been levied at Israelis. Some social media posts question whether Hamas really killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7 despite graphic images and survivors' stories. When CNN interviewed children whose parents were killed by Hamas, a TikTok user accused the network of, quote, "hiring actors and photoshopping grief." That video has been taken down. The flood of crisis actor claims may be a result of the sheer volume of imagery that's available online, says Mike Caulfield, who studies the spread of viral rumors at the University of Washington.