[Thread] 1/ For those speculating about Kate Stewart, An analysis of her tweets highlights some things of note. Firstly, I sampled 69000 tweets and retweets from her account. The most commonly used word is Saudi, used 6312 times. KSA is also used 1802 times. NUFC is the 14th 
2/ most common term used. Regardless of who operates the Kate Stewart account, the purpose of the account is fairly clear, to promote positive news about Saudi Arabia. The second most common term apart from Twitter handles, common phrases, and adjectives, is NUFC, indicating
3/ the second purpose of the account is discuss issues related to #NUFC, which will not surprise any NUFC fans. In the below graph, you can see that Kate started tweeting a lot about NUFC in April 2020 (the green line), when the takeover bid was filed.
4/ To date, there is no confirmation of who runs the account. In my experience I have found all sorts of strange things in the world of disinfo, from state-backed info ops, to individuals with an axe to grind. Anyway, the important thing to note is that Stewart is Saudi first,
5/ and NUFC only because of Saudi. She's not a fan, but a propagandist in an empirically demonstrable form, who tweets around 120 times per day.
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