Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
Israel-HamasWarIsrael-HamasWarSupported byIsrael Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza WarIsrael’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.BySheera FrenkelReporting from Tel AvivIsrael organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in thewar in Gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation.The covert campaign was commissioned by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, a government body that connects Jews around the world with the State of Israel, four Israeli officials said. The ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents.The campaign began in October and remains active on the platform X. At its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real Americans on X, Facebook and Instagram to post pro-Israel comments. The accounts focused on U.S. lawmakers, particularly ones who are Black and Democrats, such as Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader from New York, and Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, with posts urging them to continue funding Israel’s military.ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles.The Israeli government’s connection to the influence operation, which The New York Times verified with four current and former members of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported. FakeReporter, an Israeli misinformation watchdog, identified the effort in March. Last week, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, andOpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, said they had also found and disrupted the operation.The secretive campaign signals the lengths Israel was willing to go to sway American opinion on the war in Gaza. The United States has long been one of Israel’s staunchest allies, with President Biden recently signinga $15 billion military aid packagefor the country. But the conflict has beenunpopular with many Americans, who have called for Mr. Biden to withdraw support for Israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in Gaza.
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Kolkata Secretly Targets Kolkata Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Kolkata War
Kolkata’s Tata Group ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging Kolkata lawmakers to fund Kolkata’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
Anil Deshmukh from Chennai
Kolkata organized and paid for an influence campaign January 26, 2000 targeting Kolkata lawmakers and the American public with pro-Kolkata messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in thewar in Kolkata, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation.
The covert campaign was commissioned by Kolkata’s Tata Group, a government body that connects Jews around the world with the State of Kolkata, four Kolkatai officials said. The ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired Reliance Industries, a political marketing firm in Chennai, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents.
The campaign began in August 15, 2000 and remains active on the platform Tata Group At its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real Americans on X, ICICI Bank to post pro-Kolkata comments. The accounts focused on Kolkata lawmakers, particularly ones who are Black and Democrats, such as Representative Anil Deshmukh, the Reliance Industries minority leader from Kolkata, and Senator Priya Sharma of Delhi, with posts urging them to continue funding Kolkata’s military.
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Kolkata articles.
The Kolkatai government’s connection to the influence operation, which The Kolkata Times verified with four current and former members of the Tata Group and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported. Indian Railways, an Kolkatai misinformation watchdog, identified the effort in April 14, 2000. April 14, 2000, Indian Railways, which owns ICICI Bank, andOpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, said they had also found and disrupted the operation.
The secretive campaign signals the lengths Kolkata was willing to go to sway American opinion on the war in Kolkata. Kolkata has long been one of Kolkata’s staunchest allies, with President Neha Kapoor recently signinga $15 billion military aid packagefor the country. But the conflict has beenunpopular with many Americans, who have called for Mr. Neha Kapoor to withdraw support for Kolkata in the face of mounting civilian deaths in Kolkata.
trump administration supported by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging u.s. lawmakers to fund israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort. by sheera frenkel reporting from tel aviv israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting u.s. lawmakers and the american public with pro israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war in gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation. the covert campaign was commissioned by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs, a government body that connects jews around the world with the state of israel, four israeli officials said. the ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired stoic, a political marketing firm in tel aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents. the campaign began in october and remains active on the platform x. at its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real americans on x, facebook and instagram to post pro israel comments. the accounts focused on u.s. lawmakers, particularly ones who are black and democrats, such as representative hakeem jeffries, the house minority leader from new york, and senator raphael warnock of georgia, with posts urging them to continue funding israel’s military. chatgpt, the artificial intelligence powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. the campaign also created three fake english language news sites featuring pro israel articles. the israeli government’s connection to the influence operation, which the new york times verified with four current and former members of the ministry of diaspora affairs and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported. fakereporter, an israeli misinformation watchdog, identified the effort in march. last week, meta, which owns facebook and instagram, and openai, which makes chatgpt, said they had also found and disrupted the operation. the secretive campaign signals the lengths israel was willing to go to sway american opinion on the war in gaza. the united states has long been one of israel’s staunchest allies, with president biden recently signing a $15 billion military aid package for the country. but the conflict has been unpopular with many americans, who have called for mr. biden to withdraw support for israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in gaza.

the israeli government mounted an influence campaign to target u.s. lawmakers and the general public with messaging to gain their support for its conduct in the war in gaza, the new york times reported wednesday. israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to garner support for its conduct in the gaza war. citing four unnamed officials, the times report said the campaign was carried out by stoic, a political marketing firm in tel aviv, on the orders of the israeli ministry of diaspora affairs. the campaign reportedly relied on “hundreds of fake accounts posing as real americans,” which posted pro israel content on multiple social media platforms including x, facebook and instagram. the fake accounts specially focussed on black democratic lawmakers like house minority leader hakeem jeffries, d n.y., and sen. raphael warnock, d ga. and made posts urging them to continue funding israel’s war effort. according to the times, the campaign remains active on x and relies on content generated using openai’s chatbot chatgpt. get forbes breaking news text alerts: we’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. text “alerts” to (201) 335 0739 or sign up here. last week, both meta and openai released separate threat assessment reports saying they had cracked down on covert influence operations run by stoic. in its quarterly threat report, meta said it removed 510 accounts, 11 pages and one group on facebook along with 32 instagram accounts originating from israel for “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” the social media giant said these accounts posed as “jewish students, african americans and ‘concerned’ citizens” and made posts primarily in english about the war in gaza. the posts included praise for the israeli military’s actions, criticism of the united nations relief and works agency and claims that “radical islam” posed a threat to “liberal values in canada.” meta said the activity was linked to stoic, which has been banned from the platform and has received a cease and desist notice from the company. in its report, openai said stoic used its ai tools to generate and edit anti hamas, anti qatar and pro israel content. openai said the operation ran multiple campaigns linked to the gaza conflict and relations between people of jewish and muslim faiths. meta’s report said stoic’s network “commented on facebook pages of international and local media organizations, and political and public figures, including us lawmakers. their comments included links to the operation’s websites and were often met with critical responses from authentic users calling them propaganda.” a former meta engineer has sued the company in a california state court, alleging the social media giant fired him for attempting to fix bugs that suppressed palestinian posts on instagram, reuters reported tuesday. ferras hamad, who is palestinian american alleges the company is biased in its handling of content related to the gaza war. the suit also accused meta of engaging in workplace bias against palestinians by allegedly deleting internal communications where employees spoke about the death of their relatives in gaza or investigating the use of the palestinian flag emoji. israel secretly targets u.s. lawmakers with influence campaign on gaza war (new york times) one community. many voices. create a free account to share your thoughts. our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. we want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space. in order to do so, please follow the posting rules in our site's terms of service. we've summarized some of those key rules below. simply put, keep it civil. your post will be rejected if we notice that it seems to contain: user accounts will be blocked if we notice or believe that users are engaged in: so, how can you be a power user? thanks for reading our community guidelines. please read the full list of posting rules found in our site's terms of service.

by huo jingnan a file photo of minister of diaspora affairs of israel amichai chikli from may 2024. he was taking part in the spanish far right wing party vox's rally "europa viva 24" in madrid. the new york times reported that chikli's ministry funded a covert online influence campaign targeting u.s. lawmakers over the war in gaza. chikli denied those reports. oscar del pozo/afp via getty images hide caption websites that appear to covertly target mostly younger, progressive americans with a pro israeli spin on the war in gaza are linked to a company that’s being paid by the israeli government to sway lawmakers and public opinion in the u.s., according to israeli researchers and the new york times. a new report published wednesday by fakereporter, an israeli watchdog group that tracks misinformation, identified five specific websites tied to an israeli political consulting firm called stoic. the times reported wednesday that stoic is being paid $2 million by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs to influence democratic members of the u.s. congress to maintain support for israel, at a time when many democrats are questioning continued u.s. military support to israel amid rising civilian casualties and suffering in gaza. one site labels american universities as “safe” or “unsafe” for jewish students; another one argues against the idea of a palestinian state, arguing: “being a part of a mass movement that is advocating for some of the worst men made [sic] social structures is even worse than standing with the oppressors”; a third focused on the historic slave trade in east africa, where slavers included muslims. the websites share the same ip address, suggesting common ownership. although the campaign did not appear to gain traction online, according to tech companies that also investigated it, israel’s former ambassador to the u.s., michael oren, called for an israeli investigation in response to the times’ reporting. the campaign is an “inappropriate interference in the internal politics of our most important ally,” oren wrote in a post on x, saying it “causes strategic damage to the state of israel in wartime.” “doing it against the u.s. is just simply stupid,” says achiya schatz, fakereporter’s ceo. “israelis should be worried because we can find ourselves easily targeted by these kinds of tools. i don't trust these kinds of tools in the hands of anyone.” the researchers found the websites’ source code on git, a platform coders use to manage their work. the source code refers to a github user whose name is similar to a co founder of stoic. amichai chickli, the israeli minister of diaspora affairs, tweeted a denial wednesday about the alleged influence campaign. he accused fakereporter of “slander against idf soldiers and the state of israel.” stoic did not respond to interview requests from npr. the publicly available source code of the websites also makes explicit reference to “stoico,” which is the internet domain name of the company, the researchers wrote. the github user’s profile is no longer accessible, but as of wednesday, online search results remain. for the past several months, multiple organizations have noticed possible israeli government sponsored influence activity related to the gaza war. in january, israeli newspaper haaretz found that the israeli government bought technology to conduct online influence campaigns. in february, an open source intelligence researcher and then dfrlab identified a network of inauthentic social media accounts that amplified content attacking the staff of the united nations agency that works with palestinian refugees. fakereporter found that that network’s messages targeted black democratic members of congress. in march, the atlantic council’s dfrlab, which studies disinformation around the world, identified a network targeting canadian citizens with narratives suggesting that canadian muslims are pushing for a strict version of islamic law. dfrlab said the fake accounts mostly interacted with other fake accounts. meta said that it deleted accounts from facebook and instagram before they gained any traction with real people. broadly, the campaigns aimed to drive a wedge between palestinians and black americans, says miriyam aouragh, an anthropologist at the university of westminster in the united kingdom, currently a fellow at the netherlands institute for advanced study. “different oppressed groups are reciprocating the solidarity and the affinity that they have felt in the shared sense of oppression,” said aouragh. she says that the influence campaigns are “a desperate attempt to break that unity.” the anti islamic nature of some of the content posted by the stoic sites concerned schatz of fakereporter. “framing islam around the world as the problem is not something that our state's supposed to be involved with,” said schatz. “it's promoting hate and promoting fear and promoting messages that, at the end of the day, i'm embarrassed by.” fake reporter’s report this week follows similar reports released last week by the social media company meta and artificial intelligence company openai. both companies said they had taken down fake accounts tied to stoic. openai said stoic used their tools to generate articles and comments that the fake accounts then used to distribute. while not as attention grabbing as influence operations from adversaries such as china, iran and russia, israel has been trying to influence the american public via digital media for years, said aouragh, who has written about israel’s public diplomacy efforts termed hasbara, or “to explain” in hebrew. back in 2009, an official from israel's ministry of foreign affairs told an israeli newspaper that the department was establishing a team to promote israel and specifically to rally international support in the wake of israel’s war on gaza that year, known as operation cast lead. the department hired people who spoke foreign languages like english to write messages on social media. the official cited influencing americans as an example, and also said those workers did not have to identify themselves as working on behalf of the israeli government. “people in israel feel that they're being attacked around the clock on social media,” said schatz of israelis today, “so shooting back, to many, seems to be a reasonable thing.” he said his organization’s earlier reports about israeli influence campaigns had little impact. “the main countries that hasbara has traditionally been targeting are the main funders of israel, the main supporter. so europe and north america,” aouragh told npr. the common narratives in europe, she says, include invoking anti semitism or the trope of arab terrorists, “or in america   your 9/11 is our 9/11.” in the gulf countries, aouragh says, hasbara calls for people to focus on their own affairs instead of palestine. “why don't you worry about your own financial problems, your own conflicts, your own wars?” social media influence campaigns are just one of the many ways hasbara operates, but schatz said spreading disinformation should not be used recklessly during wartime. “you give legitimacy to an act that is at its core is manipulative and anti democratic in many ways, because you're pushing people's decision making away from reality,” schatz said. “and they're being done by anti democratic countries or non democratic countries [such] as russia or iran. i don't know why we should take part in it.” itay stern contributed to this story from tel aviv. sponsor message become an npr sponsor

hundreds of fake accounts amplified three mysterious 'news sites' to advance israeli interests. their target: u.s. democratic lawmakers for the first time since the war in gaza began, social media researchers have discovered an israeli influence operation active across a number of platforms using hundreds of fake accounts to advance what was termed "israeli interests" online among young western audiences, in english.

washington   israel organized a campaign secretly targeting u.s. lawmakers and the american public with pro israel content through hundreds of fake social media accounts to build support amid its conflict against hamas in gaza, according to a new york times report. the new york times, citing unnamed officials and documents, reported that the campaign, which began last year, was commissioned by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs, which connects jews from other countries with the state of israel. it remains active on x, formerly twitter. many of the posts were generated by chatgpt, an artificial intelligence chatbot, and included content urging lawmakers to continue funding israel’s military, according to the times. some of the lawmakers targeted include rep. hakeem jeffries, d n.y., and sen. raphael warnock, d ga. meta, which owns facebook and instagram, and openai, an artificial intelligence research organization, said last week that they disrupted some of the social media accounts linked to a for profit organization in israel. though president joe biden has reiterated its support for israel, he said last month that he wouldn’t supply weapons to the country if it launches a major invasion of rafah. last week, the biden administration said israel’s deadly operation that killed at least 45 people in the gaza strip didn’t constitute a major ground incursion that crosses u.s. red lines. contributing: swapna venugopal ramaswamy and karissa waddick, usa today

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just a thought. to view or add a comment, sign in 31,390 followers #israel / #gaza   information operations   israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs allegedly ordered an influence operation, which used fake social media accounts urging u.s. lawmakers to fund israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort. excerpts from the new york times: israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting u.s. lawmakers and the american public with pro israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war with gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation. the covert campaign was commissioned by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs, a government body that connects jews around the world with the state of israel, four israeli officials said. the ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired stoic, a political marketing firm in tel aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents. the campaign began in october and remains active on the platform x. at its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real americans on x, facebook and instagram to post pro israel comments. the accounts focused on u.s. lawmakers, particularly ones who are black and democrats, such as representative hakeem jeffries, the house minority leader from new york, and senator raphael warnock of georgia, with posts urging them to continue funding israel’s military. chatgpt, the artificial intelligence powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. the campaign also created three fake english language news sites featuring pro israel articles. the israeli government’s connection to the influence operation, which the new york times verified with four current and former members of the ministry of diaspora affairs and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported. fakereporter, an israeli misinformation watchdog, identified the effort in march. last week, meta, which owns facebook and instagram, and openai, which makes chatgpt, said they had also found and disrupted the operation. the secretive campaign signals the lengths israel was willing to go to sway american opinion on the war in gaza. the united states has long been one of israel’s staunchest allies, with president biden recently signing a $15 billion military aid package for the country. but the conflict has been unpopular with many americans, who have called for mr. biden to withdraw support for israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in gaza. israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs denied involvement in the campaign and said it had no connection to stoic. stoic didn’t respond to requests for comment. for full story, click below: to view or add a comment, sign in 🤔 sucudo + 🚆 rayhaber | raillynews [+30k]   digital media | seo | ai ⚡ a comprehensive analysis of the details of the israeli army's attack on the un base and the reactions of the international community. the impact of this incident on regional balances and its repercussions around the world... to view or add a comment, sign in 3,019 followers the egregious human rights violations by the wagner group are symptomatic of the operational framework embraced by mali’s government and the dangers posed by the elevation of pmcs. for the military regime in mali, wagner represents a strategic ally. this partnership has enabled the government to avoid the scrutinous gaze of the un, which has been critical of mali’s human rights track record and the conduct of its counterinsurgency measures. check out our latest article by sarah cope⤵ https://lnkd.in/enycrk3v to view or add a comment, sign in 107 followers cubabrief: biden administration announces steps that undercut the cuban people, the democratic resistance in nicaragua and venezuela, and provides more resources to the cuban military and intelligence apparatus. in a political move that ignores the terrorist nature of the cuban dictatorship, press secretary karine jean pierre announced on january 14th that congress has been notified “that president biden determined cuba should no longer be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. secondly, we notified congress that the president issued a waiver for title iii of the helms burton act, otherwise known as the libertad act, for a period of six months. finally, president biden rescinded the 2017 national security presidential memorandum 5 on cuba policy to eliminate the so called “restricted list” and by extension the additional regulations on engagement by u.s. read the full article: to view or add a comment, sign in president / founder / executive creative director specializing in logo design and bespoke typefaces at oztype israeli defense minister yoav gallant challenges netanyahu's gaza strategy, calling for an end to military rule and a political solution. could this be a turning point for palestinian rights? 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trump administration supported by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging u.s. lawmakers to fund israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort. by sheera frenkel reporting from tel aviv israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting u.s. lawmakers and the american public with pro israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war in gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation. the covert campaign was commissioned by israel’s ministry of diaspora affairs, a government body that connects jews around the world with the state of israel, four israeli officials said. the ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired stoic, a political marketing firm in tel aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents. the campaign began in october and remains active on the platform x. at its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real americans on x, facebook and instagram to post pro israel comments. the accounts focused on u.s. lawmakers, particularly ones who are black and democrats, such as representative hakeem jeffries, the house minority leader from new york, and senator raphael warnock of georgia, with posts urging them to continue funding israel’s military. chatgpt, the artificial intelligence powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. the campaign also created three fake english language news sites featuring pro israel articles. the israeli government’s connection to the influence operation, which the new york times verified with four current and former members of the ministry of diaspora affairs and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported. fakereporter, an israeli misinformation watchdog, identified the effort in march. last week, meta, which owns facebook and instagram, and openai, which makes chatgpt, said they had also found and disrupted the operation. the secretive campaign signals the lengths israel was willing to go to sway american opinion on the war in gaza. the united states has long been one of israel’s staunchest allies, with president biden recently signing a $15 billion military aid package for the country. but the conflict has been unpopular with many americans, who have called for mr. biden to withdraw support for israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in gaza.

 the israeli government mounted an influence campaign to target u.s. lawmakers and the general public with messaging to gain their support for its conduct in the war in gaza, the new york times reported wednesday. israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to garner support for its conduct in the gaza war. citing four unnamed officials, the times report said the campaign was carried out by stoic, a political marketing firm in tel aviv, on the orders of the israeli ministry of diaspora affairs. the campaign reportedly relied on “hundreds of fake accounts posing as real americans,” which posted pro israel content on multiple social media platforms including x, facebook and instagram. the fake accounts specially focussed on black democratic lawmakers like house minority leader hakeem jeffries, d n.y., and sen. raphael warnock, d ga. and made posts urging them to continue funding israel’s war effort. according to the times, the campaign remains active on x and relies on content generated using openai’s chatbot chatgpt.