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Feb 17 6 tweets 4 min read
If I'm not mistaken, #StoryKillers might be the @FbdnStories project where we publish the most original articles.

Little appreciation #thread for my amazing colleagues:

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My colleague @KarinePfenniger looked into a veritable army of US influencers who attacked journalist @ghadaoueiss presumably on behalf of the Saudis. An incredible story that started with the work of @AudreyTravere. 2/ forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/…
Then there's this exclusive interview by @ILea_Pe that shows the derives of a communications agency into disinfo and influence. The influence market is big and growing, as @EmmaLBriant and other researchers told us. 4/

forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/…
Finally, @Cecileski somehow managed to coordinate two mind-blowing investigations that started with the infiltration of colleagues in Israel into two very different companies. Here's the second of those stories. 5/ forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/…
I'd be remiss not to mention the incredible editing and coordinating of @sandrinerigaud and editing by @HyltonAnne, who joined the team just a few weeks ago and has already had such a positive impact. 6/
Watch this space for more stories! 7/

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More from @PhineasJFR

Feb 18
Around the world journalists are being imprisoned, hacked, even killed. So why should we care about copyright law?

#Thread about the "subtle censorship" of a reputation management firm that uses manipulative methods bury the truth. #StoryKillers

1/14

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Let's go to 2018. Mexican journalist Daniel Sanchez publishes an investigation into a company contracted by a state governor for @pagina_66.

He starts getting calls asking to take the piece down. He consults with @article19mex who tells him not to.

Daniel 1 - Company 0

2/14
Months later, he gets a weird email. It appears to be from the "Compliance Department" of the European Commission. They say he is infringing on a personal data law called #GDPR. Nevertheless, he keeps the article up.

Daniel 2 - Company 0

3/14
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Jul 22, 2021
Overnight, reports began circulating in Israeli media attempting to discredit #PegasusProject by twisting the words of an @amnesty statement.

The twisted version caught fire online and is now being parroted by Indian politicians.

A small #thread on #misinformation:

1/10
The article in question was posted in Calcalist with a photo of a smiling Shalev Hulio (NSO founder and CEO) and the title:

"Amnesty clarifies: The list of 50,000 phone numbers is not directly related to NSO"

It went live at 6:15 pm on Wednesday.

2/10
Cherry-picking quotes, the author cast doubt on the list of potential targets selected by NSO clients.

"Amnesty International has never presented this list as a 'NSO Pegasus Spyware List.'"

And later: "This is a list indicative of the interests of the company's clients."

3/10
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