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Twitter has suspended thousands of accounts which it said on Friday were linked "to a significant state-backed information operation" originating in #Saudi Arabia. reuters.com/article/us-twi…
“Primarily, accounts were amplifying messages favorable to #Saudi authorities, mainly through inauthentic engagement tactics such as aggressive liking, retweeting and replying," it said.
This does not surprise me. After I helped Rahaf in January, I was on receiving end of sustained 6-week avalanche of attack by what I am convinced were #Saudi state-backed info-ops. Death threats, slut-shaming, racism, my face photoshopped onto the body of an adult film actor, etc
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