Comment on Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel

• dsemy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Any sources on any of that?

  I often saw this parroted on Reddit, though without sources. What I didn’t see, is what you described as “very well noticeable” - and I used Reddit a lot.

  Anytime I look up this stuff I can only find relevant information from obscure websites which don’t list any sources. This honestly does seem like a conspiracy.

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  • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Some 180 students from Israel and overseas studying at an academic institution in Herzliya, in central Israel, are working from morning to night to monitor and foil fake news and anti-Israel propaganda on social networks and to advance the country’s point of view amid the conflict with Hamas and other Gaza terror groups, the school said.

    Students in Israel are to form government-funded “covert units” to defend the country on Facebook and Twitter, it’s reported.

    Israel Making Positive Strides in Uphill Battle on the Information Front

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    • dsemy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      First and third links clearly state that these students are volunteers, and also a fairly small amount of them.

      Second link seems promising, but it offers almost no details, and its source is HaAretz, an Israeli publication which I personally don’t trust (also the source article is behind a paywall).

      Last link is about a private company and seems only slightly related.

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      • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Does it matter, whether the people are volunteers, paid or coerced? The fact stands that Israel is making a concerted effort to influence social media in their favor.

        I find it a bit silly, that you want proper sources and then just say you don’t trust a major Israeli newspaper without further explanation. Especially since the BBC deemed it credible as a source.

        For the last link how is it “only slightly related?” It is a private company that is operating from Israel, run by ex-intelligence people, influencing elections world wide. This kind of things are not sold with a google add, but instead require extensive networks and contacts. It is implausible, that the company operated without the knowledge and approval of the Israeli government. Also the article states that the company was promoted on the website of the Israeli ministry of defense. Finally Israeli intelligence has proven competent in many activities around the globe, but in particular in regards to digital activities (stuxnet). There is no reason to belief that they wouldn’t have picked up on one of their former employees running these kind of activities.

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      • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Point 1 is kinda pedantic wouldn’t you say?

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  • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    At this point it’s a given that any nation state with an interest in PR has their online troll teams.

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    • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Assumptions assumptions

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