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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by moogly »

znpy wrote: post #53
Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

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There are three options:

1. Israel is doing this in an outsized way compared to everyone else

2. Israel is extremely poor at doing it because it keeps getting caught

3. All the reporting is controlled by the antisemitic media conglomerates ruled by a shadowy council funded by Qatari money

I expect you to deny 1, 2 is an impossibility to you, 3 is the most likely I'd hear even though it's highly reminiscent of something...

Looking forward to option 4. I hope it's something more original than shouting "blood libel!".

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by Hikikomori »

breppp wrote: post #74
inglor wrote: post #29

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I am an Israeli and though I dislike this certain brand of companies and would never work in one, I am not sure this is strictly bad. I assume these were hired by a local candidate (unless someone can think who has a deep interest in French municipal elections) Currently the only actors who use fake social accounts for election manipulation are the Russians, Chinese, Iran and Qatar. The west is completely powerless i…

Israel just buys the political support in the open instead.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by breppp »

Hikikomori wrote: post #92
breppp wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am an Israeli and though I dislike this certain brand of companies and would never work in one, I am not sure this is strictly bad. I assume these were hired by a local candidate (unless someone can think who has a deep interest in French municipal elections) Currently the only actors who use fake social accounts for election manipulation are the Russians, Chinese, Iran and Qatar. The west is completely powerless i…

Israel just buys the political support in the open instead.

I believe you are referring to Jewish citizens of the USA that are free to support whatever political candidate they see fit?

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by kombine »

inglor wrote: post #37
Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

Israeli here - I'll try to write this the least political as I can since I on one hand disagree strongly with the government and on the other my experience has been getting antisemstic (yes, not anti-zionist) comments whenever this gets discussed a lot (and likely downvotes but who cares I've been here 10 years and have more fake points than is important anyway). Israel has several "cores" of technology. The military…

> Israeli here - I'll try to write this the least political

We are more than two years into full-on genocide and you hesitate to be political? This position reminds me of many Russians who prefer to "stay out of politics" because there are "two sides" to the conflict and it's an uncomfortable topic for them.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by Gud »

trimethylpurine wrote: post #87
Gud wrote: post #77

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Any other small country? You rarely read about Finland spying on other nations, or trying to influence their politics. There is the AIPAC, I challenge you to find anything similar from any other country.

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None of those groups funnel millions of dollars into American congress men and congress women’s pockets.

You are being disingenuous.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by Lucasoato »

trimethylpurine wrote: post #87
Gud wrote: post #77

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Any other small country? You rarely read about Finland spying on other nations, or trying to influence their politics. There is the AIPAC, I challenge you to find anything similar from any other country.

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I don’t know man, never heard about Finnish people decimating a population, starving kids, subverting countries, toppling governments... I’ve been in Finland last year and they’re so nice.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by Scroll_Swe »

Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by trimethylpurine »

Lucasoato wrote: post #96
trimethylpurine wrote: post #87

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I don’t know man, never heard about Finnish people decimating a population, starving kids, subverting countries, toppling governments... I’ve been in Finland last year and they’re so nice.

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by nick_ »

trimethylpurine wrote: post #69
nick_ wrote: post #56

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Are North Korea and Russia "allies" of the US?

Is the UK a US ally? Is Japan? If you only focus on one country for some strange reason that you can't explain, people are going to notice. That shouldn't surprise you.

Does the UK or Japan engage in election meddling in the US?
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