Behind Israel's Troll Army

Pointing out when pro-Israel social media is fake astroturf coordinated by the Israeli government's official anti-BDS app // tweets by @mbueckert

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel's anti-BDS app has been deactivated, almost 5 years after it was released.

The app was launched in 2017 in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs, and was pitched as an “Iron Dome of Truth."

It won't be missed.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

@UN_HRC Correction: the ILF was not established in 2017 by the Israeli gov't. It was established in 2014, and in 2017 was contracted by the Israeli government to operate as a "network" and administer grants to pro-Israel groups on its behalf. https://t.co/rEufvpnkrQ

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel's former app sent an email notice to users announcing a "tweet storm" to attack a UN probe into Israeli human rights violations, accusing it of being “staffed with terrorist supporters” and using the hashtag #PillayIsBiased.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Instead of cooperating with the @UN_HRC Commission of Inquiry, Israel and its supporters have launched this pathetic smear campaign against its leadership and staff. I suppose this is exactly how an apartheid state would respond to a human rights investigation.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel's anti-BDS app may be gone, but Act IL is still sending emails to their list. Former users are asked to send an email to the president of #Harvard, urging him to denounce @thecrimson's endorsement of BDS. This is the link they are pushing: https://t.co/m1u3azeuzP

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

In 2017, Israel launched an anti-BDS app to much fanfare. Now, with the app having closed down, @mbueckert - who monitored it for most of its lifespan - tells @NatashaRoth01 about its 'sinister' and 'cringey' missions

https://t.co/wL08DpgzlW

[Michael Bueckert @mbueckert]

For almost 5 years I monitored Israel’s anti-BDS app, documenting the creepier, weirder, and most offensive missions over at @AntiBDSApp.

Thanks to @NatashaRoth01 and @972mag for the opportunity to chat at length about this bizarre experience. https://t.co/kilTRR3253

[Michael Bueckert @mbueckert]

I told @Mondoweiss that the quiet deactivation of Israel's anti-BDS app (which was rolled out by the Israeli government to significant fanfare in 2017) was a long time coming. https://t.co/TrsZqkbLZk

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel pulls the plug on its anti-BDS app — ‘a failure from the start’ @Mondoweiss https://t.co/9TJKmifU0I

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

For background, I wrote about the app in @jacobin when it was first launched. Thanks also to @intifada, @Mondoweiss, @MiddleEastEye, & others for covering the app's more sinister activities over the years. https://t.co/suMohBWw6R

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel's anti-BDS app has been deactivated, almost 5 years after it was released.

The app was launched in 2017 in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs, and was pitched as an “Iron Dome of Truth."

It won't be missed.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

'Act IL' promises to continue to choreograph pro-Israel social media activity, but without an app. Instead, this will continue through WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and other channels. At the moment, its emails are directing users to CAMERA's 'Apartheid Week Exposed' website.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Israel's app is recruiting signatories to this letter to the UN Inquiry Committee. #TheCitizensLetter

[Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر @emilykschrader]

I am proud to be a signatory of the citizens letter to the UN Inquiry Committee on the IDF’s Operation Guardians of the Wall.

Israelis, free to read and sign as well.
#TheCitizensLetter
https://t.co/OOtNA1mrC3

[Gabe Gluskin-Braun @GGluskinBraun]

@AntiBDSApp @amnesty Can confirm

[Rasha Abdul-Rahim 🇵🇸 @Rasha_Abdul]

We @AmnestyTech have raised this ad issue, as well as the warning placed on our Israel apartheid video on @YouTube, with @Google. We await their response.

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

@amnesty *Foreign Affairs

[Behind Israel's Troll Army @AntiBDSApp]

Searching for "Amnesty International" on Google?

Some users are finding this sponsored ad result, which takes you to a webpage for Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs. 🧐

@amnesty