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21 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Wow. @DHSgov officials have concluded those threatening emails that arrived in Democratic voters' inboxes were not sent by the the Proud Boys. They were in fact sent by Iranian hackers taking advantage of a vulnerability in the Proud Boys' online network.
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence, minutes ago: "We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest and damage President Trump... You may have been one of the recipients of those emails."
Here's the bit about this I don't understand. Please help me if you can. Iran prefers to see President Trump lose becaue of his administration's "maximum pressure" policy. They are pretty much open about this. Why in heaven's name would they want to intimidate Democratic voters?
Worth remembering that earlier this month, Twitter removed 130 accounts linked to Iran that attempted to "disrupt the public conversation" during the US presidential debate. Those accounts posted both for and against Mr Trump and Mr Biden
bbc.co.uk/news/election-…
And in August, intel chief William Evanina said Iran aimed to "undermine US democratic institutions" and "divide the country", driven by a belief a 2nd Trump term "would result in a continuation of US pressure on Iran in an effort to foment regime change".
bbc.co.uk/news/election-…

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23 Oct
Twitter is suspending the accounts of a number of influential QAnon followers tonight.

Among them is major QAnon influencer "RedPill78" who had 160,000 followers. His YouTube channel was removed just a week ago. ImageImageImageImage
As @AlKapDC points out, Edge of Wonder's YouTube channel was also taken down last week.

Their Facebook page and Instagram account - with 230,000 and 28,000 followers respectively - are up at the moment. But they are warning their followers to expect the worst. ImageImage
@RedPill78 not very happy about his suspension from Twitter, as you'd expect.

"Twitter just nuked me, I am officially a 100% Gab user. F*** Twitter, F*** Jack, F*** Media Matters and F*** their surrogates. Last tweet," he posted on Gab. Image
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23 Oct
I'm thinking about doing a series of deep dives about some of the most bizarre communities and oddest characters the global rise of QAnon in 2020 has attracted.

There are odd, fascinating Q circles in the UK, South Korea, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany and Iran, to name a few. ImageImageImageImage
The Iranian QAnon online community is led by a former state TV game show host who fled nearly a decade ago despite being a high-profile celebrity. He now leads a "Make Iran Great Again" movement from the US and wants to become the next leader of Iran with President Trump's help Image
Then there's Joseph Gregory Hallett, or King John III, as he refers to himself, a middle-aged man from New Zealand who genuinely believes he is the actual King of England and will reclaim the throne from the Queen when "the storm" comes. @QanonAnonymous did an episode about him Image
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23 Oct
The most shared Facebook posts on public groups and pages from the moment the debate began until it ended

1- Donald Trump (129K shares)
2- Derek Utley (25K shares)
3- Ridin' With Biden (18K shares)
4- The Hodgetwins (17K shares)

#Debates2020 ImageImageImageImage
5- Conservative Tribune by WJ (13K shares)
6- The Hodgetwins (12K shares)
7- Derek Utley (12K shares)
8- Donald Trump For President (12K shares)

#Debates2020 ImageImageImageImage
9- Dan Crenshaw (12K shares)
10- The Daily Show (11K shares)

#Debates2020 ImageImage
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23 Oct
The most popular tweets of the night:

1- Joe Biden (25K retweets, 152K likes)
2- Ben Shapiro (21K retweets, 92K likes)
3- James Woods (17K retweets, 69K likes)
4- Daniel Dale (15K retweets, 59K likes)
#Debates2020
5- Kamala Harris (13K retweets, 54K likes)
6- Daniel Dale (14K retweets, 58K likes)
7- Charlie Kirk (13K retweets, 17K likes)
8- Joe Biden (12K retweets, 96K likes)

#Debates2020
UPDATE: This tweet by @realDonaldTrump right at the end of the debate has now surpassed all the others and is officially the most popular tweet of the night with 78K retweets and 168K likes #Debates2020
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22 Oct
I'm working on one of the most bizarre QAnon communities on Twitter, a network of highly prolific Japanese QAnon accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers. They translate Q drops into Japanese, caption QAnon-themed videos and constantly add more users to the network. ImageImageImageImage
What's incredible to me is just how Q-pilled the network is. For instance, they even have their own "JFK Jr is live" sect within the network, which just blows my mind. They're also fully dedicated to the plan. Meet Joe M's "Q - The Plan to Save the World" fully dubbed in Japanese ImageImage
They are incredibly well-resourced. They have their own website, their own Q-Map in Japanese, an online store selling Q merchandise in Japanese, a thread in Japanese on 8kun, a YouTube channel, and a BitChute channel, and a Patreon. They're also active on Facebook and Instagram ImageImageImageImage
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13 Oct
NEW: I've spent the last 3 months investigating the rise of QAnon in the UK and Save Our Children rallies up and down the country. I've spent hours in their Facebook groups, attended their rallies and talked to the protesters. Here's how it happened
bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-tre…
In May, a young woman began engaging with David Icke and QAnon influencers in the US and Canada on social media about Covid-19 lockdowns, George Floyd protests, and global child trafficking. A few weeks later, she launched Freedom for the Children UK
bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-tre…
The Facebook group quickly took off, amassing more than 13,000 members. On 22 August, they launched their first round of nationwide Save Our Children rallies. Hundreds attended. By September, they had held rallies in more than 20 UK towns and cities
bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-tre…
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