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The Israeli government spends millions trying to shape public opinion of Israel in the USA. One government sponsored project is the Act.IL app, which is a recruitment tool whose intended goal is to get Israelis to download the app, which highlights news stories and social media posts that Israel wants users to troll with inorganic comments or likes. The app calls this 'doing missions'.
If CNN publishes an article online which depicts Israelis as living under constant threat of terror attacks, the Act.IL app will direct trolls to like the article on Facebook or Twitter. Another strategy is to get trolls to make comments which attempt to confuse the average American reader, who may not be familiar with the I/P situation; trolls will dispute the terminology used by a journalist who reports on Palestinian children who've been killed by Israel, in an attempt to convince readers that the children were terrorists (sound familiar anyone??)
The Act.IL app has also been used to get Americans fired from their jobs. Yes, that's right- people in Israel have gotten Americans fired from their American jobs.
When Israel’s military begins to attack, so does its army of online trolls – Mondoweiss
So I found it endlessly amusing that Israel's trolls failed to perform a mission to control the like/dislike ratio, as well as the comment box on the recruitment video posted on YouTube. The recruitment vid has 26 likes & 233 dislikes. Comments are overwhelmingly critical of Israel for this sneaky attempt at controlling American public opinion.
The Israeli government spends millions trying to shape public opinion of Israel in the USA. One government sponsored project is the Act.IL app, which is a recruitment tool whose intended goal is to get Israelis to download the app, which highlights news stories and social media posts that Israel wants users to troll with inorganic comments or likes. The app calls this 'doing missions'.
If CNN publishes an article online which depicts Israelis as living under constant threat of terror attacks, the Act.IL app will direct trolls to like the article on Facebook or Twitter. Another strategy is to get trolls to make comments which attempt to confuse the average American reader, who may not be familiar with the I/P situation; trolls will dispute the terminology used by a journalist who reports on Palestinian children who've been killed by Israel, in an attempt to convince readers that the children were terrorists (sound familiar anyone??)
The Act.IL app has also been used to get Americans fired from their jobs. Yes, that's right- people in Israel have gotten Americans fired from their American jobs.
When Israel’s military begins to attack, so does its army of online trolls – Mondoweiss
So I found it endlessly amusing that Israel's trolls failed to perform a mission to control the like/dislike ratio, as well as the comment box on the recruitment video posted on YouTube. The recruitment vid has 26 likes & 233 dislikes. Comments are overwhelmingly critical of Israel for this sneaky attempt at controlling American public opinion.