Bots and Inauthentic Coordinated Propaganda Networks Extensively Targets Celebrities and Influencers Online Amidst Ongoing War

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas intensifies, social media platforms are increasingly awash with bots and coordinated propaganda. Celebrities and influencers, given their expansive reach, frequently find themselves caught in these digital campaigns. Orchestrated online tactics—originating potentially from individuals, groups, or state actors—are increasingly seeking to leverage these well known personalities and accounts to amplify their message. It is critical to emphasize here that activism and voicing support or concerns about an issue is a cornerstone of democratic societies and healthy online discourse. However, when narratives are amplified by bot-like activity, it has the potential to stifle genuine discourse and the principles genuine activists stand for