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By *arry and Megs OP   Couple
36 weeks ago

Ipswich

From the UK defence journal

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A new investigation by Cyabra has linked thousands of social media posts on Scottish independence and Brexit to an Iranian state-backed influence campaign.

According to the report, “26% of profiles discussing Scottish independence were fake, posting more than 3,000 posts in just six weeks.” These accounts, the researchers said, blended into online debates by pushing pro-independence and anti-Brexit messages, while targeting institutions like the BBC and Labour Party with accusations of bias.

The report described the operation as “a disinformation campaign hidden in plain sight”. Cyabra found the network relied on AI-generated profile images, Scottish slang, and emotionally loaded slogans such as “Another very good reason for #ScottishIndependence” and “Brexit betrayal”. Hashtags including #ScottishIndependenceASAP, #BBCLies, and #LabourLies were pushed repeatedly across multiple accounts, which also engaged with each other to create the appearance of consensus.

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By *otMe66Man
36 weeks ago

Terra Firma

I think the biggest clue that these were in fact Iranian bots, was the silence from those accounts after the Israeli power plant strikes that took down their infrastructure for 16 days, they popped back up as soon as service was resumed.

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By *I TwoCouple
36 weeks ago

near enough

Kinda makes you wonder about reforms support base

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By *uckoldDesiresMan
36 weeks ago

Dublin

What about Israeli hasbara. Widely acknowledged to have huge bot farms and an army of people posting online non stop.

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By *pa-LoverMan
36 weeks ago

Coventry


"What about Israeli hasbara. Widely acknowledged to have huge bot farms and an army of people posting online non stop."

Never heard of them. Great news. Always ahead of the game...wiping out the racist scum who want to destroy them.

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By *resesse_MelioremCouple
36 weeks ago

Border of London


"What about Israeli hasbara. Widely acknowledged to have huge bot farms and an army of people posting online non stop."

They interfered in Brexit and Scottish independence?

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By *he Flat CapsCouple
36 weeks ago

Pontypool

I'm pretty sure other countries have sock puppet farms, as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
36 weeks ago

That's true of any mainstream forum e.g. YT. It's laughable to spot the Russian or Israel bots attempting to spread fake news or discredit something/someone.

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By *ada123Couple
36 weeks ago

Glasgow


"What about Israeli hasbara. Widely acknowledged to have huge bot farms and an army of people posting online non stop.

They interfered in Brexit and Scottish independence? "

Foreign bad actors always try to influence the people to do what will commercially, politically and militarily weaken their target country.

They, quite accurately viewed that Scottish independence will not only eriously weaken Scotland but also Britain and to some extent Europe. Hence their enthusiasm for Scottish independence. Brexit was criticised because it was a fear of Scottish Independence crowd.

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By *resesse_MelioremCouple
36 weeks ago

Border of London


"What about Israeli hasbara. Widely acknowledged to have huge bot farms and an army of people posting online non stop.

They interfered in Brexit and Scottish independence?

Foreign bad actors always try to influence the people to do what will commercially, politically and militarily weaken their target country.

They, quite accurately viewed that Scottish independence will not only eriously weaken Scotland but also Britain and to some extent Europe. Hence their enthusiasm for Scottish independence. Brexit was criticised because it was a fear of Scottish Independence crowd."

The suggestion seemed to be that "Israel Hasbara" pushed the Scottish independence discussion. Quite a remarkable idea...

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