A secret social media influence campaign that attempted to lobby US lawmakers to support Israel’s war on Gaza was organized and funded by the Israeli government, The New York Times reports.
According to the Times, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs earmarked around $2 million for the campaign, which used hundreds of fake accounts impersonating made up people to target US lawmakers. The accounts posed as Americans and posted pro-Israel messages, calling on members of congress to fund Israeli military operations. The campaigns used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to produce the posts and targeted several Black Democrats, like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
If we wait a couple days, Hakeem Jeffries will explain to us while this organization lobbying on behalf of a foreign government doesn’t need to register as an actor of a foreign government…
He just has to finish counting all the money he got from Israel last cycle (more than any other US politicians btw)
It’s bad when republicans do it.
It’s bad when Dems do it.
We need at least one party to have standards or we’re all fucked.
If we wait a couple days, Hakeem Jeffries will explain to us while this organization lobbying on behalf of a foreign government doesn’t need to register as an actor of a foreign government…
He just has to finish counting all the money he got from Israel last cycle (more than any other US politicians btw)
It’s bad when republicans do it.
It’s bad when Dems do it.
We need at least one party to have standards or we’re all fucked.