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Inside Israel’s million dollar troll army

Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada 12 June 2019

Act.IL’s Israeli headquaters in Herzliya. (Act.IL/Facebook)

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Prime Minister’s Office Recruiting Students to Wage Online Hasbara Battles

PMO and national student union to create covert units at universities to engage in diplomacy via social media; unit heads to receive full scholarships.

Barak Ravid Aug 12,2012 @ Fotte

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Israel: Government pays students to fight internet battles

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Students in Israel are to form government-funded “covert units" to defend the country on Facebook and Twitter, it’s reported,