Fmr. Donald Trump aide linked to Israeli campaign seeking conservative backing on Iran
A report suggests former Trump aide Brad Parscale was linked to a digital campaign hired by Israel to influence public opinion and AI models regarding the war. The campaign aimed to reach Gen Z audiences and counter antisemitism through social media and conservative broadcasting.
Why it matters
The use of political operatives to conduct foreign-funded digital influence campaigns raises questions about transparency and the manipulation of AI-generated information.
A senior US official linked Brad Parscale, US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, to a social media campaign denouncing the US-Iran ceasefire, Time Magazine reported on Tuesday.The official found that after the ceasefire was agreed on June 17, the president's aides had expected his supporters to celebrate the agreement, but online influencers linked with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement were denouncing it on social media, Time's report noted.The report also noted that many of the posts appeared almost simultaneously and with similar language and tone.The official reportedly began collecting screenshots, believing this was not coincidental, and eventually claimed to have traced them back to Parscale.In September, a global advertising agency, Havas, hired Parscale's Clock Tower X to conduct a digital campaign for Israel, according to Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings that TIME reviewed.
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