Israel deploys army of bots to spread anti-UNRWA propaganda: Report
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A network of websites and fake social media accounts have sought to spread false news linking UNRWA to the 7 October Hamas attack among US progressives

Israel is executing an online influence campaign using hundreds of fake social media accounts to advance “Israeli interests” among progressive western audiences, including US lawmakers, Haaretz reported on 19 March, citing an investigation by Israeli media watchdog group Fake Reporter.

  • @bartolomeo@suppo.fiEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    Israel has a very large online presence from apps to trolls to NGO monitor, a fake NGO information site designed to deflect funding away from Palestine. This is the wikipedia page for NGO Monitor and the founder of the site has been described as

    In The Jerusalem Post, Kenneth Roth wrote that Steinberg shows a “disregard for basic facts” when writing about human rights.

    Not to mention the millions spent on YouTube ads and Google Ads (among other things to push NGO monitor to the top of the search results).