Israeli war criminal Itamar Ben-Gvir cancels a planned trip to the US amid difficulties getting a visa & a request for biometric fingerprinting https://t.co/e9BsvfWlLm
An Israeli firm has interfered in elections in Scotland, New York, France, Angola and Togo, using large numbers of fake social media accounts to target politicians who have criticised Israel’s genocide in Gaza, French authorities have found.
France’s disinformation watchdog, Viginum, said a private, Israel-based company named BlackCore had coordinated hundreds of accounts to post negative comments about Scottish first minister John Swinney in the run-up to the Scottish parliament elections in May.
Swinney is one of the few UK politicians to have described Israel’s mass killings in Gaza as a genocide, saying last year that “it can’t be disputed”. He also led a ban on arms companies receiving financial aid if they supply Israel's military.
Viginum said Swinney, the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) and the devolved government in Edinburgh were targeted between 6 January and 8 May, with BlackCore using at least 256 coordinated accounts to post around 1,400 comments.
Swinney was targeted 652 times, the SNP 338 and the Scottish government 112.
An SNP spokesperson said: “Over the course of the Scottish election campaign, the SNP observed that posts across our social media platforms were subject to an unprecedented level of negative reactions and comments from accounts which appeared to be AI-generated bots.”
“Any interference in our democratic process must be thoroughly investigated,” they added.
Ross Greer, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, called on foreign secretary Yvette Cooper to summon the Israeli ambassador over the scandal. “Or will she continue Labour's tradition of letting them [Israel] away with absolutely anything?” he wrote on X.
BlackCore has described itself as “an elite influence, cyber and technology company built for the modern era of information warfare” that has worked with governments and political campaigns on “cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools and robust security to shape narratives”.
Viginum chief Marc-Antoine Brillant said last week that BlackCore had meddled in French municipal elections but its activities were “not limited” to France.
Brillant did not say who had been targeted in last year’s New York City mayoral election, but winner Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly called Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide. Before his election, Mamdani said he would enforce an international arrest warrant against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were he to travel to New York.
My gf just found out the owner of vulture capitalists Cerberus, who asset stripped and destroyed her business following 2008 banking collapse...
...is Jewish US deputy secretary of defense Steve Feinberg, the man currently responsible for murdering kids in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
#Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa protested the treatment his team faced at the #2026WorldCup by keeping his head down.
Criticizing the United States, Bielsa refused to look at the camera during FIFA’s official photo session and instead kept his head lowered.
Der am besten dokumentierte Völkermord der Geschichte. Und es gibt immer noch Menschen, die sich weigern zu glauben, dass er überhaupt stattgefunden hat.
2.000 toneladas de ácido fosfórico extraídos por una empresa israelí que provee el fósforo blanco con el que se asesina a inocentes, llegan a Cartagena mientras el Gobierno se llena la boca con que es el que más hace por Palestina. Rompamos todas las relaciones con los genocidas.
Stay strong, says @HudaAmmori: remember, we act in solidarity with the Palestinians, who despite all, continue to resist for their freedom https://t.co/sPw8b2EvNN
There's a reason the organisers of a London event selling homes in illegal Jewish settlements, built on stolen Palestinian land, defied UK law. Because:
1. They had concealed the criminal event in a synagogue, expecting to be able to discredit critics as liars and antisemites.
2. They knew the Starmer government would do nothing to punish them if the reality came to light.
They nearly managed to pull off the first trick.
They're being proved 100% right in their second assumption.
With a steady voice despite her arrest, this British girl exposed what is happening in London: They assaulted us, spread hate speech, and when we exposed them for auctioning off West Bank land, the response was to arrest us, not the aggressors!