Al Jazeera probe exposes fake viewing numbers for Israeli counter-film
Summary
An Al Jazeera investigation found that an Israeli counter-film’s claim of over 44 million views is false. The investigation showed that official Israeli groups used fake numbers to promote their film responding to the documentary NAZA, which criticizes the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza.Key Facts
- The original documentary NAZA features Israeli military whistleblowers accusing the army of killing civilians using AI targeting.
- NAZA won a prize at the Venice Film Festival and was set to show in 56 countries.
- Israeli leaders demanded investigations and legal action against the NAZA filmmakers.
- A counter-film website nazadocumentary.com was created shortly after NAZA’s premiere, hiding its owners and initially pretending to be NAZA’s official site.
- The counter-film’s website showed a viewer count of about 44 million, but YouTube and traffic tools showed far fewer actual views (around 130,000 on YouTube).
- Traffic analysis showed the website visits were mostly from Israel and much lower than the claimed numbers.
- The website’s visitor counter is rigged to appear live and uses a hidden method to display inflated numbers.
- The counter-film creators claimed it was self-funded and used multiple web domains to promote their work.
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