Fake accounts run by Iran seek to sow discord among Israelis Their operators pulled the profiles for a time to evade detection and have now brought them back online, according to an Israeli online watchdog group. JNS Staff Jan. 6, 2025
Israelis develop AI-powered bot to fight antisemites online "All the user has to do to operate Savee is to highlight the text, right-click and the tool will offer him an answer." Oct. 2, 2023
Anti-Semitic robots? Meet Meta’s new chatbot, and some serious issues surrounding it JNS tested the chatbot and received controversial, incorrect, contradictory and often incomprehensible answers from the bot. Dmitriy Shapiro Aug. 15, 2022
Israel: Tackling phony social-media accounts ‘major strategic challenge to be dealt with’ The report shares the results of a Ministry of Strategic Affairs study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy. Josh Hasten Oct. 28, 2020
Bot, troll networks attempt to influence Israeli policy, reveals Strategic Affairs Ministry A two-month investigation highlights the role of fake accounts in manipulating public opinion. Oct. 27, 2020
Report: Bot accounts promote Twitter campaign to boycott Eurovision Performers targeted included Madonna, Bilal Hassani, Alessandro Mahmoud, Michael Rice and Sarah McTernan, as well as participating countries’ broadcast authorities. It is estimated that the tweets had a potential reach of 9.7 million users. May 2, 2019
Netanyahu slams report by Israeli watchdog group on fake social-media accounts ahead of election “I thought it was an April Fool’s joke, but it’s not,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They say I don’t have support from real people, just from robots. They can’t accept that you, citizens of Israel, support me.” April 1, 2019
