Dozens of suspected bot accounts on X/Twitter are amplifying content from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his circle, and reportedly can be traced to New York City Hall IP infrastructure, the World Zionist Organization told The Jerusalem Post exclusively.

As part of its activities against the waves of antisemitism online, WZO’s dedicated Department for Combating Antisemitism was presented with data and findings collected by cyber experts specializing in the field.

The information included an analysis of IP addresses and mapping of activity patterns and distribution networks of suspected bot accounts.

WZO’s technological examination of activity on the X network points to dozens, if not hundreds, of accounts with unusual characteristics. The Post independently consulted the cyber experts involved, who said they are “100% sure” the IP addresses could be traced to city hall, although it did not provide evidence establishing who controlled the accounts or whether city officials directed their activity.

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    6 hours ago

    To those reporting this: I agree the credibility of the claims of this article seems questionable. But it is from an established source- and it is not, and should not, be my role as a moderator to determine truth for all readers.

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    the World Zionist Organization told The Jerusalem Post exclusively.

    lmao, sounds credible and not at all as if they have ulterior motives.

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    Uuuuh, dozens?! I am so scared by this blatant misuse of the New York City Hall employees! They should buy bots from Chinese bot farms like everyone else!

    But more importantly, why does World Zionist has access to the IPs of X users and the IPs of New York City Hall?

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    19 hours ago

    Just going to ignore Israel using enough bots to literally influence LLM training and suspected to have heavily botted every election.

    Yeah… Mamdani is the issue here. Uhuh sure

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    I mean this is just where we are now. This is where the bar has been set.

    It’s like all the gerrymandering. It’s bad. But if the red team is allowed to do it, any semblance of fairness and representation is gone, so might as well.