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>>ilamon+(OP)
Israel set up troll farms years ago to attack, debate, downvote and report opposing content. It's the front channel.

https://electronicintifada.net/content/inside-israels-millio...

>>Sporkt+N61
Saying Israel set this up is quite misleading. This group is no more affiliated with Israel than Alex Jones is affiliated with the U.S.

This is a grassroots organization doing this and in fact its funding and support mostly comes from Americans, such as casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and the Israeli-American Council.

>>Kranar+Qq1
> This group is no more affiliated with Israel than Alex Jones is affiliated with the U.S.

Who gives a damn about affiliation? What matters is the material effect on the world, and it's hard to find a more notorious propaganda movement in the world than hasbara

>>JeffSn+4F1
Associating an independent politically motivated group with an ethnic state as a whole is a common means of disseminating racist views. Israel is no more involved in act.il than the U.S. is involved with Alex Jones, and it's worth pointing that out because otherwise people might think that this operation has some kind of official endorsement by the Israeli government.

>>Kranar+LF1
"people might think that this operation has some kind of official endorsement by the Israeli government."

Because it does. https://archive.is/ERHPN#selection-2055.97-2055.288 https://www.mintpressnews.com/israels-teen-troll-army-hasbar...

You are right about anti-semitic tropes, and it's a serious accusation, but if it's happening it's a problem. Not that official endorsement should be the standard to follow. Crowdsourcing a troll army for positive coverage is deceptive, regardless of whether support is official or shadier.

>>Sporkt+wU2
Your first source says that Shin Bet and the army DON'T request help from act.il.

Your second source has nothing to do with act.il

>>Kranar+p84
Read it again. The CEO said they do and then walked it back. I specifically said that because the walkback was not credible. But if that's your only reply, I'll take it you concede there is government endorsement from the Strategic Affairs Ministry whose campaign this is addressing and in the form of expertise from the intelligence officers working on it.

The second link is also about a crowdsourced online influence program affiliated with the Israeli government. I never restricted my concern to just one program. Care to claim Hasbara is not affiliated either?