Anatomy of a Deceptive Hidden Marketing Campaign on Persian Twitter: The Case of Kara Kabul Evan
کالبدشکافی یک کمپین فریبکارانه بازاریابی پنهان در توییتر فارسی: پرونده «کارا کابل ایوان» پروپاگاندا و دستکاری افکار عمومی در شبکههای اجتماعی همیشه ماهیت سیاسی ندارد. در ماههای اخیر، برخی از کانونهای تبلیغاتی و برندهای تجاری در ایران به تاکتیکهای پیچیدهتری روی آوردهاند؛ مهندسی سناریوهای چندمرحلهای با سوءاستفاده از دغدغههای امنیتی و تورمی شهروندان، آن هم پشت نقاب توییتهای روزمره و حسابهای شخصی. این…
A marketing campaign by "A1 Kara Cable" in Iran used fake social media accounts to promote their products on Twitter. The campaign, which ran from September to October 2023, involved a series of staged posts that first created a sense of fear, then introduced the product as a solution, and finally presented it as a profitable investment.
However, an investigation found that the campaign was deceptive, with the product having not even been produced at the time it was claimed to have been purchased. The campaign garnered over 1.2 million views before being exposed.
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