Israeli company finds 40% of Jackson Hinkle's followers to be fake, report shows

• Published date: 12 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Throughout the Israel-Hamas war, Hinkle has gained an abundance of followers and has shared his view of the conflict on his X account. He is famous for his anti-Israel posts in which he has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and has labelled Israel as "the problem" in the Middle East, among others

Following the publishing of the report by the New York Times, Hinkle claimed it was a "Zionist hit piece."

Research companies find fake accounts and organized networks

The report found that according to the company Next Dim, an organized network with some 20,000 accounts which had in the past shared and promoted content criticizing the Japanese government in Mandarin, had begun doing the same for Hinkle's posts following the onset of the war.

Cyabra, an additional Israeli company mentioned in the New York Times report, found that in the first 19...