Yisrael Beiteinu Files Police Complaint Over Disinformation Campaign Against Lieberman

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The Yisrael Beiteinu party filed a police and Central Elections Committee complaint on October 20 over a disinformation campaign targeting party leader Avigdor Lieberman. Anonymous texts linked to a website with slanderous content about Lieberman and his family prompted the action. The party seeks to identify those behind the campaign and its funding. The Elections Committee has also launched a resource on identifying and reporting fake news.

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Yisrael Beiteinu filed a police and Central Elections Committee complaint on October 20.
The complaint concerns a disinformation campaign targeting party leader Avigdor Lieberman.
Anonymous texts directed recipients to a website with slanderous material about Lieberman and his family.
The party seeks to identify the campaign's organizers and funders.
The Central Elections Committee launched a resource on identifying fake news.

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The Yisrael Beiteinu party announced on October 20 that it has filed a complaint with the police and the Central Elections Committee regarding a campaign to discredit its leader, Avigdor Lieberman. According to a party press release, anonymous phone numbers have been mass-texting Russian-speaking Israelis with links to a website containing slanderous and offensive material about Lieberman and his family. The party is demanding an investigation to identify the perpetrators and financiers of this campaign. In response to the proliferation of AI-generated content and other deceptive tactics during elections, the Central Elections Committee has launched a dedicated section on its website to educate the public on identifying and reporting fake news.