for Yedioth Ahronoth, told BuzzFeed News that Twitter removed accounts in the pro-Likud network after his stories appeared.
Twitter continues to suspend Hebrew-language CAG accounts long after it was initially notified about their activity on its platform. BuzzFeed News also found at least one active CAG account that was created after the initial suspensions, and which has amplified messages from Benny Gantz of Blue and White. That account follows"Captain George" as well as Danny Yatom, a former head of Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence service.
The Israeli Elections Committee, National Cyber Directorate, and Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions from BuzzFeed News.It’s not surprising that the CAG would operate Twitter and other social media accounts in Hebrew, according to Holly Folk, an associate professor at Western Washington University who has been studying the CAG since 2016.
It practices an offshoot of Christianity that holds at its core that Yang Xiangbin, the wife of its founder, is the female incarnation of Christ. She lives in Queens after being granted asylum in the US in 2001 as a result of persecution in China. CAG followers believe her word is the word of God. As a result of being outlawed and persecuted in China, CAG members have sought asylum in countries around the world. This diaspora has established an online presence in many languages and locations. Some of the active and suspended CAG accounts in Hebrew reviewed by BuzzFeed News were found sharing religious images and messages that are also available in other languages, suggesting a central operation that churns out images and messages for translation and distribution.