It is interesting seeing some people explaining away Russian attack on a mall because they've seen some blurry photos of trucks under a building. Some people defer instantly to 'rules of war', as if they were infallible and ordained from above when it seems so many questions
could be asked before that point is reached. E.g are the photos real? Why weren't the trucks attacked when they were in the open if they were filmed in the open? How did they know if they were in the building at the time of the attack at night? If they did know where the
vehicles were why did they not wait till they emerged? When, in urban conflict, does a building become dual use. What if it's a high rise in the way of incoming shells protecting a tank that's in the open street? Wasn't it possible to destroy the trucks in a different way? I
guess the point I am trying to make is how people will easily indulge an aggressor, & resort quickly to legitimize an argument despite the absurd nature of circumstances, in which a city is being shelled by an invading force. For me Russian claims are no more credible then when
Israel do the same in Gaza, using overwhelming force and simply explaining it away saying there were Hamas assets there (even if there are, it doesn't morally justify such an attack).
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🧵1/I have done an analysis of those responding to #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe's interview, specifically focusing on those calling her an 'ungrateful cow' for not showing enough deference or gratitude to the UK government. The Brexit partisanship on the topic is startling. Read on! Image
2/ First up. Accusations that Nazanin was 'ungrateful' started surfacing following her press conference that went viral on Twitter yesterday. She was calm and assertive, as was her husband Richard. Watch the video here #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe
3/ I analysed around 14,000 tweets involving around 8600 unique accounts. I downloaded tweets that included the hashtag "send her back" and "ungrateful cow" and the keywords "Nazanin and ungrateful". (horrendous I know). The below network graph of tweets was generated Image
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Mar 21
🧵1/ Disinformation alert. A bunch of anonymous accounts are sharing a video re-upping the crisis conspiracy about the formerly pregnant woman Marianna Podgurskaya, who was filmed escaping a bombed maternity hospital in #Mariupol. Many are using copypasta tweets that appear to ImageImageImageImage
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My interview on #disinformation with @isocockerell , where I talk mental illness, biolabs, #Ukraine and my upcoming book on digital authoritarianism in the Middle East codastory.com/authoritarian-… @CodaStory
'I think when people think of authoritarianism, it’s very state centric — they think of governments using tech. But the authoritarian use of tech is actually multiple actors, both existing in authoritarian regimes and outside them.' #disinformation
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Mar 20
🧵1/ Latest biolabs and Ukraine disinfo weather report

Sample size: 20717 interactions
Unique accounts: 17934
Date range - 18-19th March

Cluster 1: Spreading biolabs conspiracies
Cluster 2: Debunking/criticising biolab conspiracies

#UkraineRussiaWar
#disinformation
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I won't bother doing the debunkers today. It's Sunday afterall

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