Pro Isreal astro turfing was the original troll farm the JIDL has been doing this for ages.
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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They're not trolls...
They used to openly admit that JIDF was an official government agency that did this. They got backlash from the international community, so now it's an app called act.il and they say it's just "volunteers" who post links to social media posts/comments that are critical of Israels government.
Posting those links and replying to them on that social media platforms gets you "points" that can be redeemed for gift cards.
So its not just trolls, it's not just people that believe it, you also get people from countries where a $10 gift card is a lot of money.
A cynic would say they named it something that looks like a website because if you just type it into an address bar, your browser tries to take you to a website that doesn't exist. You have to first go to a search page and then search it.
it hasn't existed since last year, but it's eye opening
Apparently the app went away, but not the organization
“Keeping up with the evolving trends of social media, Act-IL is decommissioning the App, and will continue working with all of our other social medial platforms and community channels,” reads an email to the app’s users. “We are not going anywhere! I invite you to remain active, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and all our other channels where we will continue to share daily calls to action and impactful educational content.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/03/israel-pulls-the-plug-on-its-anti-bds-app-a-failure-from-the-start/
The same people are still doing the same stuff across social media. I don't think Lemmy is big enough for them to focus on yet
Jokes on you India has been doing the same for just as long lol