Exposed: $8.2 million Israel-related disinformation campaign targeting Muslims around the world.
An influence operation linked to Israel-based entities spent an estimated $8.2 million to carry out a multi-platform disinformation campaign targeting over 30 countries.
According to a new report by researchers Mark Owen Jones and Sohn D'Souza titled "Making the Great Substitute," the ongoing operation has generated about 831 million ad impressions since it began in October 2023.
Described by the researchers as "one of the largest influence and disinformation campaigns ever recorded," the campaign used social media ads, AI-generated imagery and video game parodies to systematically spread racist, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-Katari and anti-Iranian narratives.