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JAMAL KHASHOGGI DISAPPEARANCE: CONSERVATIVES AND TWITTER BOTS ARE SPREADING DISINFORMATION TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP AND SAUDI ARABIA
https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-bo...ad-disinformation-about-missing-saudi-1178510
There are multiple bot networks, and the main aim appears to be to manipulate trends to hide negative information about Saudi's involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance. The sheer amount of bots drives down critical trends, while promoting banal information or pro-MBS [Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman] propaganda," Marc Owen Jones, one of the researchers who tracked Saudi bots tweeting about Khashoggi’s case, told
Newsweek.
"In addition to this, patriotic accounts and trolls tweet on nationalistic hashtags in order to promote a positive message about MBS," he added.
Many of the bots also portrayed Khashoggi as an Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer,
Some look as if it’s driven by organized groups of human users, posting in coordination," Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Lab, which tracks online disinformation campaigns, told Newsweek.