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Israeli Govt trolls campus for keyboard warriors

  • 14-08-2013 02:40PM
    #1
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭


    Israel to recruit students to fight battles on the internet. So, it's official, then.

    Those with foreign language skills who receive these "scholarships" would not identify themselves as being in the pay of the government. Instead, Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper says, the plan is to make the programme appear to be based on the activity of politically-neutral students, with the Prime Minister's Office also hoping to recruit from pro-Israel student groups from around the world.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23695896

    Anyone fancy signing up?


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  • #2
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Paid Shills On The Internet in Gay Vicar Planning Corruption Gangbang Tax-Evasion Shock-Horror!! Film at 11!! :D


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It wouldn't be the first time someone used shills, but a government? Farks sake..


  • #4
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Haven't they been at that for a while now? I always thought it was one of the open secrets of the internet


  • #5
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    According to the conspiracy theory forum 95% of us are shills for someone or other.

    They're the only real people on here at all.


  • #6
    Jelle1880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,839 ✭✭✭Jelle1880


    Every government probably does it, same goes for big companies.


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  • #7
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,438 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Can't wait to see the heads popping off all over CT when they get wind of this one!

    :D


  • #8
    Christ the Redeemer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Christ the Redeemer


    They always do this. They hold seminars in Israel to teaching people how to debate and also write bad reviews for books they don't like, mass downvote things on reddit. They have a call to arms twitter too to highlight any discussions they feel need input. Look out for users who only partake in Israel related discussions and New accounts that seem well written and very faux-centrist sounding.

    look up the Hasbara handbook too. You'll see every trick the real paid shills use. The rabid anti Islam types are not these people.


  • #9
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    There is a sort industry in this stuff in Northern California.

    There are companies who have several employees and their entire job is to post on various messageboards, blogs, newspaper comment sections of news sites etc.

    Here's a pretty good article on it.

    http://consciouslifenews.com/paid-internet-shill-shadowy-groups-manipulate-internet-opinion-debate/1147073/


  • #10
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    old hippy wrote: »
    Israel to recruit students to fight battles on the internet. So, it's official, then.

    Those with foreign language skills who receive these "scholarships" would not identify themselves as being in the pay of the government. Instead, Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper says, the plan is to make the programme appear to be based on the activity of politically-neutral students, with the Prime Minister's Office also hoping to recruit from pro-Israel student groups from around the world.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23695896

    Anyone fancy signing up?


    ...and despite all the noise, roaring and shouting, they still won't have a single decent case between them.


  • #11
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Seaneh wrote: »
    There are companies who have several employees and their entire job is to post on various messageboards, blogs, newspaper comment sections of news sites etc.

    That's my job pretty much.



    Except my boss doesn't know it.


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  • #12
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    In other news Israel approved over 1000 new homes for Jewish colonisers of the West Bank despite entering new peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.


  • #13
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    In other news Israel approved over 1000 new homes for Jewish colonisers of the West Bank despite entering new peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

    Only 1000 homes this time? Looks like they're finally refining those peacemaking skills.


  • #14
    Christ the Redeemer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Christ the Redeemer


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    In other news Israel approved over 1000 new homes for Jewish colonisers of the West Bank despite entering new peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

    They occupied that land to build the peace talks centre!


  • #15
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    I know for a fact of the first 13 posters in this thread at least 14 of them are sponsored by the Israeli govt. , the other one can,t count.


  • #16
    IsaacWunder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭IsaacWunder


    Jelle1880 wrote: »
    Every government probably does it, same goes for big companies.

    Could you imagine doing it for the Irish government :eek:
    shill.gov.ie wrote:
    I think the gathering is great. Gabriel Byrne hasn't been in anything good since Bracken.


  • #17
    9959
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    How could anyone give 'Miller's Crossing' the high-hat without losing credibility.


  • #18
    wes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,749 ✭✭✭✭wes


    This sort of thing has been going on for a while with stuff like giyus and what not, and looks like there getting an official government version of it.


  • #19
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Canada did it, or intended to, in 2010
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2010/05/23/social-media-government-monitoring.html
    The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.

    It'd be unlikely if not the US govt did something similar, we already know they're spying on everything we say/do.


  • #20
    Christ the Redeemer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Christ the Redeemer


    biko wrote: »
    Canada did it, or intended to, in 2010
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2010/05/23/social-media-government-monitoring.html


    It'd be unlikely if not the US govt did something similar, we already know they're spying on everything we say/do.

    Not surprised. They have Tories in power.


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