Democratic PR Firm to Run Bot Army for Israel

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A Democratic PR firm is reportedly running a bot army to promote Israel's interests, sparking concerns about foreign influence and social media manipulation in the US.

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bhouston

4 months ago

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This is crazy that the US allows this. But I guess when it is aligned with the administration viewpoint it is accepted?

DaveZale

4 months ago

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well just avoid those platforms then? Just using those platforms in the first place often does not reflect above average critical thinking skills, so those folks are vulnerable, ergo, targeted.

George Orwell had no clue what was coming, only an inkling of it...

igor47

4 months ago

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Avoiding the platforms is of no use; you're surrounded by people who are very much NOT avoiding them, and your life is unavoidably intertwined with those people.

DaveZale

4 months ago

it's like trying to not watch football then. not much to talk about on Monday morning after a big game on Sunday?

I fell out of touch with most of my extended family after quitting social media a decade ago, but I still keep in touch with a few of them who still know how to use text and email. I don't miss all the noise, but it took time to pick up actual hobbies.

burnt-resistor

4 months ago

Hasbara manufactured consent and weaponized crocodile cries of "antisemitism" are small potatoes when AIPAC foreign influence corruption runs DC but politicians don't want to be primaried, lose their bribes, or be called "spreading antisemitic tropes." It's an ethnonationalist regime propping up another enthonationalist regime plus controlled opposition of so-called Democrats who talk about fictional families and write strongly-worded letters.

drekipus

4 months ago

Israel will get away with quite a lot when it comes to the US administration

kittikitti

4 months ago

Israeli firms like BrightData and Imperva have transformed the entire internet infrastructure within the US into a surveillance botnet for Israel. This article along with China suing NVIDIA is just the tip of the iceberg.

MangoToupe

4 months ago

On one hand, this is obviously disturbing. On the other hand, I take comfort in knowing that the Democrats have the least competent PR machine I've ever witnessed.

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