Billie Eilish was targeted by armies of anti-Semitic bots and trolls online after promoting her new album on MTV Israel, a new social media analysis found.
The 19-year-old pop singer made a series of promotional videos for her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, each tailored to a different country, following its July 30 release.
She shared a clip on July 31 aimed at her Israeli audience, saying 'Hi Israel, I'm so excited that my new album, 'Happier Than Ever,' is out now.'
Her Instagram account was then 'flooded with thousands of bot-driven comments consisting of Palestinian flags and other Palestine solidarity-themed comments', according to a report - titled 'Manufactured Outrage' - by pro-Israel organization Creative Community for Peace (CCFP).
The CCFP study obtained by DailyMail.com analyzed six of Eilish's posts after she put out her 'Hi Israel' video.
A new social media analysis shows Billie Eilish's Instagram account was targeted by anti-Semitic bots and trolls after she promoted her new album on MTV Israel
The 19-year-old pop singer appeared in a July 31 video (pictured) aimed at her Israeli audience, saying 'Hi Israel, I'm so excited that my new album, 'Happier Than Ever,' is out now'
Among the top comments, 30 per cent were anti-Israel and posted by users with no posts on their personal profile (a strong indicator of bot activity). Those comments received 235,995 likes.
Another 12 per cent were posted by users with only one or two posts on their profiles.
The report describes the onslaught of anti-Israel and pro-Palestine comments as a 'coordinated attack on Billie Eilish' and a 'specific effort by anti-Israel activists, who use social media to distort and influence public opinion against Israel via inauthentic means.'
Billie's second studio album Happier Than Ever was released on July 30
'Bot armies attacked Billie Eilish's Instagram account with waves of sock-puppet and fake account posts. This was done in an effort to overtake her influential social media page and to use it as their own bully pulpit,' the report said.
'The frequency and volume of the comments creates a false impression. The overwhelming presence of the comments on the videos intended to silence her from ever mentioning Israel again and to give a false impression to her fans that thousands of real people are posting comments on her posts.'
The study also highlighted reports of 'Iranian troll farms run by the Iranian government' which 'amplified anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict in May, including the phrases 'Hitler was right' and 'kill all Jews' at a rate of 175 times per minute.'
CCFP director Ari Ingel told DailyMail.com that although it is 'difficult to say for certain' who is behind the reported social media attacks, they suspect 'state actors' including Iran.
A report obtained by DailyMail.com analyzed the star's Instagram comments after the release of the video and showed
