Sockpuppet network impersonating Americans and Canadians amplifies pro-Israel narratives on X

https://dfrlab.org/2024/11/04/sockpuppet-network-impersonating-americans-and-canadians-amplifies-pro-israel-narratives-on-x/

A network of accounts on X using stolen and possibly AI-generated images coordinated to engage with accounts supportive of Israel

This discovery follows previous research by the DFRLab and other investigators which exposed a similar network of inauthentic pro-Israel accounts which became active on Facebook, Instagram, and X after the beginning of the war in Gaza.

96 points · 4 comments · view on lemmy.world

4 Comments

intresteph@discuss.online · 11 pts · 1y

Probably funded by X

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

I wonder how long it will be before the Supreme Court awards these sock puppet accounts with personhood, just like they did corporations.

Djtecha@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Isn't this just a massive lawsuit for Twitter? I'd sue the shit out of them if someone was impersonating me on their platform.

wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

They are all over social media and news aggregators pushing nakedly pro-US narratives about everywhere the west doesn't like, feverishly downvoting anyone who has the temerity to offer a different point of view