Knesset elections: Police delete 'suspicious accounts' on 'X'

The Israeli police announced that they identified a network of suspicious accounts on the 'X' platform and deleted a number of them, claiming they were used to illegally influence voters before the Knesset elections, without revealing the identity of those behind them or the number of deleted accounts.

The Israeli police announced on Sunday that they identified a network of suspicious accounts on the 'X' platform and deleted a number of them, claiming they were used to illegally influence voters before the Knesset elections scheduled for Tuesday. The police said in a statement that the Investigations and Intelligence Division identified the network in cooperation with the Cyber Division of the Israeli State Attorney's Office, noting that it includes accounts suspected of seeking to influence voters. They added that the monitoring led to the deletion of several accounts to stop their activity, without specifying the number of deleted accounts, the entities behind them, or details of the alleged influence methods. It also did not clarify whether the network was operated from within Israel or abroad. The announcement came three days after a statement by the General Security Service (Shin Bet) that reported deleting accounts on social networks, claiming they were used in attempts of 'foreign influence' on the elections.