Israel’s battle against misinformation and hate is overwhelming on most days. During a war, it goes on overdrive. By last measure, online anti-Semitism has spiked by a massive 1200% since October 7th When faced with a river of hate from legions of enemy countries and sympathizers, Israel’s Hasbara (positive PR) efforts are chronically understaffed, under-funded
  • livus@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Oh great, that’s all the internet needs, Hasbara AI bots, as if the human sealions weren’t irritating enough. Another reason to be glad we’re in the fediverse not reddit though, that’s where they congregate.

    Bit of irony here:

    In only a few days, he enlisted the help of 40 Ph.D.s in his field to completely change the battlefield for social media disinformation.