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Netanyahu's 'Army of Influencers' and TikTok Propaganda War

from They Got Greta, A.I. Hollywood, & The Battle For Tik Tok | The Tim Dillon Show #464 · #464

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Tim analyzes a Netanyahu clip about deploying influencers to fight a TikTok 'information war' for Israel, riffing on the history of the word 'influencer,' the Larry Ellison/TikTok/CBS deal, and how paid influencers are shaping public perception of the conflict.

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  • Tim notes how "influencer" used to mean someone who'd debase themselves for money on the internet, hawking anything shamlessly.
  • Netanyahu is assembling an army of influencers to counter information challenges to Israeli support in the US.
  • Modern warfare is now the influencer war—the battle of TikTok where paid creators will convince people to keep funding Netanyahu's government.
  • This is the most explicit propaganda Tim has ever seen—Netanyahu openly saying he'll pay people to defend Israeli actions.
  • Tim explains he predicted this: nobody will defend families burning alive for free, so you have to pay influencers to reframe it.
  • Someone should have talked Netanyahu out of filming this admission about paying influencers on social media.
  • Tim clarifies he cares about the United States, not picking sides with either Israel-haters or America-haters in campus activism.
  • Paying influencers to wage information warfare makes no sense when the US is in 30 trillion dollars of debt and facing AI-driven economic transformation.
  • Infrastructure is crumbling, people need retraining for biotech and healthcare, but instead resources are diverted to an influencer army explaining foreign policy.
  • Any rational person would call this spending insane, but you'll need an army of influencers to explain why it actually makes sense.
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Benjamin NetanyahuinfluencersTikTokLarry Ellison

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