🧵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
2/ originate in the telegram channel 'intel slava z'. What's strange is that despite the anglified name of some of these accounts such as 'Teresa McCaffrey' @mccafferz72 none have bothered correcting 'women' to 'woman', even though some have added hashtags or emojis.
3/ I counted around 24 posting identical content. They falsely claim that Podgurskaya 'apparently died'. Podgurskaya did not apparently die, although the Russian Embassy claimed she was a crisis actor faking injuries. Another pregnant woman and baby were killed though
4/ Again, the narrative here is trying to re-ignite the crisis actor theory, suggesting that there was only ever one woman, played by 'Marianna'. I would suggest Twitter nip this in the bud. #ukraine#disinformation
5/ I guess no surprises that a bunch are those weird 'MAGA' anonymous American right-wing Pepe meme accounts. Who else loves to support Russian propaganda... #disinformation#Ukraine
6/ Ok Anna Taylor Sassy American, thanks for your lucid tweets on pro-Russian psyops and anti-Fauci conspiracies. Yes of course, we must punish the crisis actors. Forget all the dead civilians, let's prioritise your thing!
7/ Why does this account adlib some phrases but still keep "women" and capitalise "Airstrikes". Normal
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🚨New report out: Enabling Atrocity in the MENA and #Sudan
The report documents three large-scale influence networks operating across MENA on X/Twitter, involving 27,000+ inauthentic accounts and over 250,000 posts across multiple languages. #propaganda
27,000+ fake accounts
250,000+ posts activity across Arabic, English, Persian, Turkish & French
AI-generated personas
40+ verified fake accounts
One of these networks has been running over 3 years. (it is still active)
3/ The networks systematically promoted RSF-aligned narratives in Sudan:
>portraying the RSF as humanitarian and peace-seeking
>blaming famine, atrocities and obstruction almost exclusively on the SAF and Islamists
>Praising the role of the UAE across the MENA region
The earliest public post I could find for that fake quote about Hamas celebrating the Bondi Beach attacks (yes - the same fake quotes shared by @BillAckman @TRobinsonNewEra @EYakoby @WarMonitor3) appears to be @HenMazzig, but he deleted it. The second was an Indian pharmacist...
🧵1/ Quite expected how the Israeli press and Hasbara are trying to convince the world @FranceskAlbs was removed from Georgetown's affiliated faculty due to her antisemitism.
Actually, she was removed because she has been sanctioned by the US government
2/ As Maria Mayda, director of Georgetown University's ISIM said, '“U.S. institutions are prohibited by federal law from affiliating with individuals subject to U.S. sanctions,” she said.
3/ Furthermore, Albanese was sanctioned due to her 'engaging' with the ICC, pursuant to Trump's sanctions on the ICC - not antisemitsm. Antisemitism is mentioned, as is criticism of Israel and 'the west'. But as you can see, this is just ad hominem state.gov/releases/offic…
It's finally here! Remember that weird group of Emirati influencers you keep seeing online. Well I've done a VERY deep dive, & the story is even weirder than you can imagine!
2/ Until late 2024, most people had never heard of this group of Emirati influencers, including the somewhat infamous Rauda AlTenaiji. Then they appeared everywhere: op-eds, podcasts, think tanks, conferences. This piece maps how that visibility was built.
3/ This open source investigation documents a pattern of manufactured influence: coordinated account creation, shared studios, pseudo-news sites, AI-assisted content, and systematic amplification across platforms.
In the past week, hashtags linked to Southern #Yemen have surged on X notably:
القوات الجنوبيه طارده_للارهاب (“Southern forces are expelling terrorism”).
👉TLDR: over 5000 X bots are promoting promoting STC control of southern Yemen
2/ First, context: Saudi Arabia has mobilised up to 20,000 fighters on Yemen’s borders after the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) made significant territorial advances in Hadhramaut and Mahra theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…
3/ The STC is using these gains to push for a return to two states, arguing that an independent South would act as a bulwark against terrorism and protect Red Sea shipping routes. Much of the international community continue to emphasise Yemen’s territorial unity.
On 13/08, a fake quote attributed to Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya circulated on X:
“The countdown to the next massacre has begun. Next time we will slaughter all the Jews"
It was debunked, but Gemini later stated it as fact >
2/ Firstly, this super sus account was the first I could find spreading the rumour on X (7.49 am UK time 13/08). @RonanMark572778 - whoever this 'pilot and physician' is has sent >113k tweets since July 2023. He also has a verified account (rememeber verification = algo boost).
3/ The narrative then was picked up on X by other accounts and influencers, changing ever so slightly. Accounts like @FleurHassanN @thevoicetruth1 (lol) got a lot of engagement and 'legitimised' the rumour.
NOTE: Not one of these accounts is providing a source to the quote.