Hezbollah has been creating ‘electronic armies’ since 2012 — report

The Hezbollah terror group has trained thousands of students in “electronic warfare,” including the propagation of fake news, since 2012, according to The Telegraph.

It reports: “A Telegraph investigation can today reveal that Hizbollah has trained thousands of Iran-backed social media activists, helping create so-called ‘electronic armies’ across the region. This newspaper can disclose that since at least 2012, Hizbollah has been flying individuals into Lebanon for courses teaching participants how to digitally manipulate photographs, manage large numbers of fake social media accounts, make videos, avoid Facebook’s censorship, and effectively spread disinformation online.

“Students have come from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Syria, according to interviewees that spoke to The Telegraph on the condition of anonymity.”