Israel-linked entities tied to global anti-Muslim disinformation campaign: Report

An influence operation linked to entities based in Israel spent an estimated £6.12 million ($8.2 million) promoting anti-Muslim conspiracy theories across more than 30 countries, according to a new report. The report, Manufacturing The Great Replacement, found that the campaign ran from October 2023 to October 2026, generating an estimated 800 million advertising exposures across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Researchers Marc Owen Jones and Sohan Dsouza described the operation as “one of the largest influence and disinformation campaigns ever documented.” According to the report, the campaign spread racist, anti-Muslim, anti-migrant, anti-Qatar and anti-Iran narratives through social media advertisements, AI-generated videos, music, video game parodies and repurposed footage. One campaign, titled Grand Theft Qatar, depicted Emiratis buying […]