Online Front Lines: Iran’s Bot Strategy

April 17, 2024

Investigation targets fake accounts manipulating Iran-Israel conflict discourse, analyzing methods and impact.

Cyabra's goal was to identify the involvement of fake accounts in Twitter (X) discussions regarding the Iran-Israel conflict on April 13-14 and to analyze how they attempt to manipulate online conversations, assessing their methods and impact on the discourse.

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Collage of two fake pro-Iran social media posts; left panel shows a stylized illustration of an Iranian leader overseeing tanks and soldiers, right panel displays two political figures standing together above another post with a lion attacking an Israeli flag, all marked as fake and set against a purple gradient background
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