Israeli Firm May Have Run Angola Influence Campaign

Citizen Lab research suggests that influence-for-hire firm BlackCore conducted a 14+ week training program for an Angolan government communications team to professionalize and run covert social media campaigns on platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok; supporting materials (final report, spreadsheets, campaign pages, AI-generated personas, and engagement screenshots) were reviewed but direct confirmation of participants or current company contacts was not possible.