Shin Bet Chief Declines Role in Tracking Domestic Election Influence Campaigns
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First reported by Arab48 · 14 hours ago
What happened
Shin Bet chief David Zini has refused to track domestic online influence campaigns ahead of Israel's October 27 election, deeming it outside his agency's scope. The task now falls to the police, who lack the necessary technology, while reports highlight the significant presence of bots in Israeli political discourse and the use of AI by private firms for influence operations.
- 01Shin Bet chief refuses to track domestic election influence campaigns.
- 02Responsibility shifts to police, who lack needed technology.
- 03Shin Bet cites "domestic actors" as outside its mandate.
- 04Bots comprise about half of active Israeli political social media accounts.
- 05Private Israeli firms use AI for simulated influence campaigns.
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