Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada that Meta says originated there

[BeaverFever]

Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada | CP24.com

OTTAWA -- The Israeli government is being accused in published reports of involvement in an operation aimed at reducing support for Palestinians in Canada that was flagged by artificial intelligence researchers.

Israel rejects the claim, being reported by the New York Times and Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that it's behind the social-media influence campaign, in which researchers say North Americans are being targeted with Islamophobic content.
 

Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law.

The Digital Forensic Research Lab, a project run by the Atlantic Council, a prominent Washington think tank, first called out the posts in a March analysis.

It noted that the campaign employed artificial intelligence to change words being said by a man with a beard and Muslim skullcap at a rally. It also noted a photo of Muslims holding a banner was digitally altered, making the poster read "Shariah for Canada."

"The network, which included at least 50 accounts on Facebook, 18 on Instagram and more than one hundred on X, boosted anti-Muslim and Islamophobic narratives directed at Canadian audiences," the March analysis reads.

The accounts used AI-generated profile pictures and repeatedly posted similar messages, often seeking to garner press coverage directly from individual Canadian journalists and media outlets. One post on Instagram warns people to be wary "if anti-Liberal Islam wants to enter your hockey team."

The group "possibly hijacked existing accounts," the think tank wrote. Meta said it decided to close down affiliated Facebook profiles after receiving queries from the think tank.

In its quarterly "adversarial threat report" released last month, Meta confirmed it closed down more than 500 accounts linked to the campaign.

"This network originated in Israel and primarily targeted audiences in the United States and Canada," the report reads, with Meta saying accounts were "posing as Jewish students, African Americans and 'concerned' citizens" and involved "creating fictitious news outlets."

"The campaign purchased inauthentic engagement (i.e. likes and followers) from Vietnam in an attempt to make its content appear more popular than it was," Meta's report reads.

"While the individuals behind it attempted to conceal their identity and co-ordination, we found links to STOIC, a political marketing and business intelligence firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is now banned from our platform."

The Israeli investigative site Fake Reporter reported Wednesday that the site targeting Canadians is hosted on the same IP address that has started numerous other accounts targeting pro-Palestinian activists, such as amplifying concerns about on-campus protests.

The New York Times and Haaretz said in reports Wednesday that STOIC's work was contracted for and paid for by the Israeli government. The Canadian Press has not independently verified the claims.

The company declined comment to both media outlets, and could not be reached by The Canadian Press. The company's LinkedIn page was recently taken down and its website lists no contact information.

Both outlets site sources and documents that they report show that Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs paid for the campaign, including the Islamophobic postings.

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[paradox34]

Your surprised? Since immigration is now a "right" we have nationals from almost every country living abroad. These "immigrants" didn't leave their emotional baggage at home when they left. No they brought it with them to their new homes and when trouble arises at "home" they flood to the motherlands support. Jews, Irish, Haitians, Palestinians, the list goes on. "Local conflicts" no longer exist. The front lines have become the world and governments have little choice in confronting "foreign" support.

[WestCanMan]

19 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

 

Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law.

It's Canadian muslims that say they want shariah law, not Jews.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-premier-rejects-use-of-shariah-law-1.523122#:~:text=Premier Dalton McGuinty said today Ontario will reject,tribunals to settle family disputes such as divorce.

It's kind of ridiculous to pretend that muslims don't want sharia. 

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"The network, which included at least 50 accounts on Facebook, 18 on Instagram and more than one hundred on X, boosted anti-Muslim and Islamophobic narratives directed at Canadian audiences," the March analysis reads.

Are these guys unaware of Hamas propaganda? 

I've seen FB posts claiming that the Jews in Israel are all German, pretending that Israeli soldiers are beheading small Gazan children, pretending that 1948 was the only time that the British created a new country, pretending that Oct 7th never happened, pretending that no babies and children were murdered on Oct 7th, etc.

Islamic disinformation and bigotry is way out in the open on FB here. 

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The accounts used AI-generated profile pictures and repeatedly posted similar messages, often seeking to garner press coverage directly from individual Canadian journalists and media outlets. One post on Instagram warns people to be wary "if anti-Liberal Islam wants to enter your hockey team."

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The Israeli investigative site Fake Reporter reported Wednesday that the site targeting Canadians is hosted on the same IP address that has started numerous other accounts targeting pro-Palestinian activists, such as amplifying concerns about on-campus protests.

"Pro-Palestinian activities" 🤣

There are no "Pro-Palestine" activities. There are pro-Hamas activities, and pro-genocide against Jews activities, but there are no pro-Palestine activities. A pro-Palestine activity would be advocating for peace with Israel and a two-state solution but no pro-Palestinians think that way: they just want genocide.

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Both outlets site sources and documents that they report show that Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs paid for the campaign, including the Islamophobic postings.

Thanks collusion boy, we'll take that for what it's worth. 

[BeaverFever]

1 hour ago, WestCanMan said:

It's Canadian muslims that say they want shariah law, not Jews.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-premier-rejects-use-of-shariah-law-1.523122#:~:text=Premier Dalton McGuinty said today Ontario will reject,tribunals to settle family disputes such as divorce.

It's kind of ridiculous to pretend that muslims don't want sharia. 

Are these guys unaware of Hamas propaganda? 

I've seen FB posts claiming that the Jews in Israel are all German, pretending that Israeli soldiers are beheading small Gazan children, pretending that 1948 was the only time that the British created a new country, pretending that Oct 7th never happened, pretending that no babies and children were murdered on Oct 7th, etc.

Islamic disinformation and bigotry is way out in the open on FB here. 

🤣

"Pro-Palestinian activities" 🤣

There are no "Pro-Palestine" activities. There are pro-Hamas activities, and pro-genocide against Jews activities, but there are no pro-Palestine activities. A pro-Palestine activity would be advocating for peace with Israel and a two-state solution but no pro-Palestinians think that way: they just want genocide.

Thanks collusion boy, we'll take that for what it's worth. 

Putting all you whatboutery, straw men and ad-hominems aside,  what matters is that the Israeli government deep faked a fake news story complete with AI-altered audio and video and covert social media campaign with fake user engagement in order to influence the opinions of Canadians

I am not surprised that this anti-democratic thuggery doesn’t bother you there’s no dirty deed too dirty for you, all that matters to you is WHO is doing the deed and WHO is getting hirt by it. You have no actual morals, youve made that clear, you’re a digital Brown Shirt of the 21st century 

[Aristides]

26 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

Putting all you whatboutery, straw men and ad-hominems aside,  what matters is that the Israeli government deep faked a fake news story complete with AI-altered audio and video and covert social media campaign with fake user engagement in order to influence the opinions of Canadians

I am not surprised that this anti-democratic thuggery doesn’t bother you there’s no dirty deed too dirty for you, all that matters to you is WHO is doing the deed and WHO is getting hirt by it. You have no actual morals, youve made that clear, you’re a digital Brown Shirt of the 21st century 

"Anti democratic thuggery" coming from the only democratic government in the Middle East and the only country that has human rights and religious rights comparable to other western democracies.

As long as the outrage isn't selective, I don't have a problem with calling it out regardless of who is doing it.

[eyeball]

3 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

Putting all you whatboutery, straw men and ad-hominems aside,  what matters is that the Israeli government deep faked a fake news story complete with AI-altered audio and video and covert social media campaign with fake user engagement in order to influence the opinions of Canadians

I wouldn't put it past them to do drive-bys at Jewish synagogues and schools.

 

[eyeball]

7 hours ago, paradox34 said:

No they brought it with them to their new homes and when trouble arises at "home" they flood to the motherlands support. Jews, Irish, Haitians, Palestinians, the list goes on. "Local conflicts" no longer exist. The front lines have become the world and governments have little choice in confronting "foreign" support.

Sure, I can even relate.

 

[WestCanMan]

14 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

Putting all you whatboutery, straw men and ad-hominems aside,  

Whataboutery?

You said that it was just islamophobia to say that muslims want sharia law here and I proved that you're an id10t, again. 

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what matters is that the Israeli government deep faked a fake news story complete with AI-altered audio and video and covert social media campaign with fake user engagement in order to influence the opinions of Canadians

Says you, and you get sucked in by every stupid conspiracy theory known to leftards. 

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I am not surprised that this anti-democratic thuggery doesn’t bother you there’s no dirty deed too dirty for you, all that matters to you is WHO is doing the deed and WHO is getting hirt by it. You have no actual morals, youve made that clear, you’re a digital Brown Shirt of the 21st century 

To be fair, you're just stupid.

1. This is a war, and in wars people always lie and create propaganda. Our vaunted media lies to us about the Ukraine war: if it was going as swimmingly as initially reported the Ukrainians would have pushed the Russians all the way back to Siberia by now. 

2. Hamas is putting out lies and propaganda too. Even ant-Semitism. Are you stupid? 

JC almighty man, every post you write is so m0r0nic it's mind-boggling. 

[impartialobserver]

There are two many holes in the OP to definitively prove that the Israeli government is solely behind this. When my dept got sued, we had to track down the claimant. The claims were on the surface being filed in Nevada. After 4 weeks of clever sleuthing.. we found that he lived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and that the claims were actually originating in the Cayman Islands. 

[BeaverFever]

On 6/6/2024 at 9:27 PM, Aristides said:

human rights and religious rights comparable to other western democracies.

It’s not comparable to other western countries in this regard. 

[BeaverFever]

23 hours ago, eyeball said:

I wouldn't put it past them to do drive-bys at Jewish synagogues and schools.

 

Who is “them”?  All Muslims in Canada? Everyone opposed to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza?

[herbie]

ya know - the them - them woke leftist ones.

[BeaverFever]

12 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

You said that it was just islamophobia to say that muslims want sharia law here and I proved that you're an id10t, again. 

Holy crap you are the dullest person on this forum for sure.  You don’t even know what whataboutery is do you?

First I never said there had never been a single Muslim ever who advocated for Sharia nor did I say it would be Islamophobic to suggest there had. 

Second this thread is not about Sharia it’s about a fake news campaign run against Canadians by the Israeli government 

The only person you continually prove to be an idi1ot is yourself  

 

12 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

Says you, and you get sucked in by every stupid conspiracy theory known to leftards. 

BWAAAAAHAAHAAAHAAA!!!!!!!

😂😂😂😂😂

Is that supposed to he joke?  Is this Opposite Day?

What next are you going to call me a conservative Trump supporter?

Not only do I not subscribe to ANY conspiracy theories but conspiracy theories are what YOU are famous for, you election-denying anti-vax kook!

Seriously where do you get your crazy sh1t from?

12 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

To be fair, you're just stupid.

LOL You have no concept of fairness in your shriveled dropout brain that stopped developing when you were a teenager  You think you’re “reel smart” when you don’t realize that you’re the dimmest guy in the room  

 

12 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

1. This is a war, and in wars people always lie and create propaganda. 

This goes beyond simple propaganda. Propaganda is what politicians say to the camera.  This is a covert fake news campaign targeting Canadians with deceitful manipulated reality like the kind mounted by Russia and China. You only think it’s ok because you are on the side of the people who are doing it  Like a true brown shirt thug you have no morals, you only have “sides”  

 

12 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

2. Hamas is putting out lies and propaganda too. Even ant-Semitism. Are you stupid? 

Are you facking Stupid?  Of course Hamas is. Hamas is a terrorist organization. Are you admitting that the government of Israel is no better than a terrorist group? Your arguments are so facking dull you should be embarrassed but I guess having no shame goes hand in hand with having no morals  

 

 

 

[Aristides]

43 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

It’s not comparable to other western countries in this regard. 

What regard?

[CdnFox]

On 6/6/2024 at 5:54 PM, BeaverFever said:

Putting all you whatboutery, straw men and ad-hominems aside,

Wow, really getting a lot of use out of that woke word of the day Calendar aren't you

On 6/6/2024 at 9:29 PM, eyeball said:

I wouldn't put it past them to do drive-bys at Jewish synagogues and schools.

 

Not everyone is like you

Why would we even care? Palestinians and their supporters are spending billions funding actual disruptive protests across canada and America right now, what would we care if there was a Propaganda effort by Israel? Compared to what we're already having to deal with it's nothing.

[eyeball]

11 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

Who is “them”?  All Muslims in Canada? Everyone opposed to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza?

Betsy do you think pretending to be unaware of what I meant makes you appear intelligent?

I clearly meant the same Israelis that are allegedly disseminating propaganda in Canada.

[WestCanMan]

On 6/7/2024 at 9:13 PM, BeaverFever said:

Holy crap you are the dullest person on this forum for sure.  You don’t even know what whataboutery is do you?First I never said there had never been a single Muslim ever who advocated for Sharia nor did I say it would be Islamophobic to suggest there had. 

Below is an excerpt from your own post, dummy. 

• Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law.

You were trying to pretend that "it's disinformation" to say that muslims want sharia law here and it quite simply is not. 

If you don't want to be called out for your stupidity and lies, then don't say stupid things and don't lie.

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Second this thread is not about Sharia it’s about a fake news campaign run against Canadians by the Israeli government 

See^? There you go, pretending that what the Israelis were saying was fake news, when it was not. 

If you want to be upset about fake news, be upset at CNN for sucking you in 1,238 times in the last 8 years. 

You're a fake news addict ffs. I don't know why you're so butthurt about something that Israelis allegedly said.

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 The only person you continually prove to be an idi1ot is yourself  

Look up, stupid. 😉

Sorry, I'm just the messenger.

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 BWAAAAAHAAHAAAHAAA!!!!!!!

😂😂😂😂😂

Is that supposed to he joke?  Is this Opposite Day?

Are you trying to deny that you were sucked in by Russian Collusion? Mostly peaceful protests? Children and young adults need the jab? The jab is safe and effective? The unjabbed are very often racists and misogynists? Jussie Smollett? Gentle Giants? The USA was almost overthrown? 

Gimme a break, leftard. I know that you believed all of those leftard narratives, you're powerless to resist.

I can pull any 5-minute clip from CNN from the last 8 years and I know that you gobbled it all up because that's what you do. You can't stray from CNN's script any more than a speaker than stray from the signal the radio is sending it. 

Lies and id10cy from CNN go into your ears and out your mouth unfiltered.

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What next are you going to call me a conservative Trump supporter?

 I think that secretly you understand that peace is better than a bunch of major wars, and that runaway inflation is bad, etc, but I don't expect you to admit it.

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Not only do I not subscribe to ANY conspiracy theories but conspiracy theories are what YOU are famous for, you election-denying anti-vax kook!

Who's the election denier dipsnit?

I just said the Dems cheated, I never said that the results of the election weren't ratified. 

And now you're calling me an "anti-vax kook"? 😂 Buddy, no one believes in that sh1t anymore.

It's only fitting that the last believer in Russian collusion is also the only person left believing that there is/was a covid 'vaccine'. 

The FDA just excoriated Pfized and Moderna for sending them bogus trial results for some of their latest jabs, and they basically said "This stuff if no better than the original jabs". Ie, they never would have approved the new jabs if they knew that the new jabs were as useless as the old ones. 

I'm not anti-vax at all. There are a lot of actual vaccines that are critically important. You just can't differentiate between a vaccine and dangerous snake oil. 

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Seriously where do you get your crazy sh1t from?

Read this article from your handlers at CNN and tell me what you think it means, dummy:

• That data suggested the possibility that the updated booster might not be any more effective at preventing Covid-19 infections than the original shots.

Wait, aren't the original shots "vaccines", according to your limited vocabulary? And what do they mean by "shots"? Don't they mean "vaccines"? 🤣

Gawd you're stupid. 

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LOL You have no concept of fairness in your shriveled dropout brain that stopped developing when you were a teenager  You think you’re “reel smart” when you don’t realize that you’re the dimmest guy in the room  

Awwww, the poor little butthurt loser had to resort to ad hominem attacks because he had no facts. Waah.

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This goes beyond simple propaganda. Propaganda is what politicians say to the camera.  This is a covert fake news campaign targeting Canadians with deceitful manipulated reality like the kind mounted by Russia and China. You only think it’s ok because you are on the side of the people who are doing it  Like a true brown shirt thug you have no morals, you only have “sides”  

1. You clearly have no idea what propaganda is. You are so unbelievably dumb.

• prop·a·gan·da

  /ˌpräpəˈɡandə/
  noun

   

  1. 1.

     information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Politicians lie to the camera. They can repeat propaganda, but propaganda is what's funnelled through "the news" into the brains of hapless dolts like yourself. It's spread on the radio and on TV and on social media. Even leaflets dropped from the sky or stapled to telephone posts are propaganda.

Of course were subjected to Israeli propaganda, and also to islamist propaganda. It's all around us, all the time. 

How many babies were burned to death in ovens by islamic state? Definitely 1. Maybe a few. But Israeli propaganda carries on like it happened a lot. 

By the same token, Hamas includes dead 17 yr old terrorists in their "civilian children" body count. That's BS. When 17 yr old soldiers were killed in WWI and WWII no one called them "civilian casualties" Hamas also forces civilians to stay in the line of fire, and then acts butthurt when they get killed. That's "propaganda". Al Jazeera spreads that propaganda. It's normal. 

What's not normal is a MSM like ours that lies about everything, all the time. 

2. Buddy, if it was fake news we all know that you'd be all over it like ugly on an ape. 

If you want to study a fake news campaign look at Russian collusion, or the members of TNI calling the Hunter laptop "Russian disinformation". It's fake AF but you LOVE it. You can't get enough of it. You se it on TV and call other people stupid for not being sucked in like you are. 

FYI that's "propaganda" stupid. It's DNC propaganda. It's also fake news. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

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Are you facking Stupid?  Of course Hamas is. Hamas is a terrorist organization. Are you admitting that the government of Israel is no better than a terrorist group?

I'm admitting that the gov't of Israel, which I support in this, spreads propaganda. Of course they do. They'd be stupid if they weren't. Does that make them as bad as a group of genocidal bigots? Jesus buddy. Get a grip. 

Somewhere between Israel's story and the Hamas story lies the truth. 

It's way closer to Israel's story, but that doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of people on this side of the pond who totally believe everything that Hamas says. Ex-flyer for example.

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Your arguments are so facking dull you should be embarrassed but I guess having no shame goes hand in hand with having no morals  

Your stupidity is boundless. I honestly downgraded my estimation of your IQ by that one post alone.