Cointelegraph: Fake news originated from unverified screenshots, posted by an employee on X without editorial approval

Cointelegraph released the results of an internal investigation into the false news that "BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Spot ETF was approved" last night, stating that the origin of the news was an unconfirmed screenshot posted by an X (formerly Twitter) user. and claimed it came from a Bloomberg terminal. The editorial team was initially alerted to the fake news via a Telegram channel. In order to announce the development as soon as possible, an employee published the report on X without first confirming the authenticity of the editorial source. “This violates Cointelegraph’s social media process, which requires confirmation of source and editorial approval prior to publication,” Cointelegraph said. Cointelegraph subsequently contacted BlackRock and Bloomberg terminals and removed the post. Regarding the incident, Cointelegraph stated that to ensure that similar situations do not happen again, the Cointelegraph team is conducting a thorough review and review of its social media management processes, especially the process of verifying breaking news before publishing posts, and is discussing it with all relevant employees, and All necessary structural changes will be made. Cointelegraph is committed to learning from these mistakes and adhering to the highest standards of journalism.