The Israel-Iran war that broke out in June 2025 sparked an unprecedented wave of online disinformation. Head of Digital Investigations and Disinformation at the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) Nitsan Yasur presented a study “Ballistic Fakes: Disinformation and Fact-Checking Efforts during the Israel–Iran War.“ The study examined the false content in 17 languages disseminated during the war and the activities of fact-checking organizations around the world. It illustrated among other things that false information aimed to amplify the dimensions of destruction and exaggerate real damage in order to enhance images of a powerful military force. 

Speakers at the NATO CPE event, Rachael Levy, Vice President of Geopolitical Risk at ActiveFence, Jonathan Fischbein, Chief Information Security Officer at Check Point Software Technologies, Roy Friedman, Executive Director for Strategy & Policy at the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, Yael Ram, Head of Cyber Policy and Academic Relations at ISOC-IL, and Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Avital Leibovich, AJC Jerusalem Director, also discussed the growing role of artificial intelligence in the production of disinformation, and the strategies to counter the organized global disinformation campaigns.