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Nov 20, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
Revealed: Twitter networks targeting #EndSARS protests in 🇳🇬

@jean_leroux uncovers accounts that amplify pro-govt content, and appear to be staging a suppression campaign against anti-police brutality protests.

An investigation by CfA partner @DFRLab:

bit.ly/3fnDIob As part of this campaign, the accounts circulated meme-like graphics in a loosely coordinated manner.

Over the span of a few minutes to several hours, they would post and amplify images that used the same fonts, colours and graphical elements: A collection of meme-like images with similar fonts, colours