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My latest piece for the @MiddleEastEye on the anniversary of the Gulf Crisis - "Qatar blockade: Saudi-led disinformation war is the tip of the iceberg" middleeasteye.net/opinion/qatar-…
"What set the Qatar crisis apart is that it was one of the first international crises to have been initiated around a pre-orchestrated hack and disinformation campaign."
"Despite Twitter having knowingly suspended thousands of accounts connected to Saudi, Emirate and Egyptian information operations, the information war does not show signs of abating....."
"....On the contrary, Gulf regimes are exploiting multiple global political issues to force home an anti-Qatar, anti-Iranian and anti-Turkish agenda. "
"The cumulative impact of all this disinformation is disturbing in its reach. From the English Premier League, to coronavirus, few issues are left untouched." #nufctakeover
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[Thread] Good morning everyone! Another important attack on media in the UK (and the world). The coverage of #DominicCummings may have subsided, but attacks of journalists using the "media scum" and "scum media" hashtags have not let up. Here's an analysis of 33,000 tweets
2/ This data involves around 10,290 accounts, with most tweets taken from the last three days (Jun 1- 3). The main targets (individuals not orgs) are @piersmorgan @susannareid100 @BethRigby @bbclaurak @peston @SamCoatesSky @campbellclaret @maitlis @adamboultonSKY @KayBurley
3/ The most popular digital predators (those who pose a danger to press freedom by intimidating journalists or promoting anti journalist content) include @DVATW (Dave Vance altnews + very right wing), Ex UKIP @GerardBattenUK : @HHepplewhite : @Mich1971C : @RuleBrexitannia
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[Thread] 1/ Add this to the list of suspicious Arabic accounts that have suddenly become pro-Newcastle United and supportive of the takeover by Saudi's PIF. Account stinks of PR. It smears the media, using the term 'hostile media' and seems to lionize MBS #NUFCTakeover
2/ In terms of tasteless behaviour, the account laughs at the letter by the fiance of the murdered Jamal Khashoggi (classy). Odd that the account is so into MBS, while many try to justify the takeover saying it is the PIF - and not MBS, who is involved. Suggest
3/ that #NUFCTakeover is as much about sportwashing and burnishing the reputation of MBS as it is about PIF acquiring the club. But how do we know it's suspicious. Read on >
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1/7 Trump's speech actually opened quite well. He acknowledges the need for justice, called Floyd's death brutal. Things go off the rails after the phrase 'but we cannot allow'. Here the speech becomes about demonising all protesters as violent criminals
2/ The bulk of his commentary shifts to demonising a non-specific group, shifting the focus of a fight for justice into a criminality trope of tackling 'criminals, looters, rioters'. He also says the'biggest victims' are peace-loving systems. This is unsubstantiated hyperbole
3/ His second section, rather than say focusing on a history of racist police brutality, is simply to try and 'evidence' the violence of non-specific crowds. He could choose to focus on peaceful acts of defiance, but the goal here is to make villains of anyone out in the street
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