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Israel Embassy Warns Irish Gov’t of Impending Legal Action Against Fake Tweets

Israel’s Embassy informs Irish Department of Foreign Affairs with legal actions against culprits, including the students behind  inauthentic satirical Tweets published on popular Irish student website.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The Israeli Embassy in Ireland is battling a new threat these days – fake Tweets. Unknown perpetrators attempted to discredit the embassy by uploading a screenshot of fake Tweets to Reddit Ireland, purporting to come from the Israeli Embassy’s official account, which taunted the Irish government and people.

The Irish student website oxygen.ie fake article about fake Israel Embassy tweet.

The Irish student website oxygen.ie fake article about fake Israel Embassy tweet.

A few weeks later, a popular Irish student website, oxygen.ie, mocked the scandal by putting up its own version of fake Israeli embassy Tweets, which were posted on the satire section of the site. Continue Reading »