How does Israeli and US propaganda operate online? Asking for a friend.
It has actually been covered
In the hours before Israeli forces bombed Evin prison in Iran’s capital on June 23, posts appeared on social media in Persian, foreshadowing the attack and urging Iranians to come free the prisoners.
Moments after the bombs struck, a video appeared on X and Telegram, purporting to show a blast at an entrance to the prison, which is notorious for holding political prisoners. One post on X included a hashtag, in Persian: “#freeevin.”
The attack on the prison was real, but the posts and video were not what they seemed. They were part of an Israeli ruse, according to researchers who tracked the effort.
“It’s certainly a new era of influence warfare,” said James J.F. Forest, a professor of security studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, who has written extensively on the subject. “There’s never really been a previous corollary in history where you had the ability to go to scale with this kind of propaganda.”
Darren L. Linvill, a co-director of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub, said the video purporting to show a blast at Evin prison appeared almost immediately on accounts on X and Telegram and then spread on a coordinated network of inauthentic accounts that pushed anti-Iranian content, reaching millions of people. He called it a striking example of “the coordination between kinetic and psychological warfare.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/technology/israel-iran-psychological-warfare.html
Friendly reminder that another country doing it doesn’t absolve anyone else for doing it.
It’s entirely possible to be critical of Iran spreading propaganda while at the same time being critical of the US and Israel doing it.
Being critical of shitty governments isn’t a zero sum game.
Nyziotimes
I hate this article style. Give me text, don’t make me work for it.
Reading mode works for those annoying/ad filled articles.
It’s ctrl + alt + r on firefox clones, there should also be an icon on the right side of the address bar which looks like a book. That will also toggle it on and off.
Makes it look like this:
The people don’t read no more. Plus click click click click click $$$$
NYT reports on Iranian NYT
