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Excited for this! Remember to tune in tonight!

Excited for this! Remember to tune in tonight!

"Its no longer about the truth.. it becomes about propaganda.. its trying to curate reality, that looks realistic, that doesn't necessarily reflect reality, but reflects what people in power want you to see" @marcowenjones.bsky.social on the US administration using AI images

New substack: The Times publishes clarification on Amjad Taha’s article about UK campuses “surrendering to radical Islamists” - I contacted three universities to find if they cancelled events on safety grounds... marcowenjones.substack.com/p/the-times-...

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Laleh Khalili. Very excited about @marcowenjones.bsky.social presenting on "Dysinfluence: Transnational Deception Operations in the Middle East", Tuesday 3 February, 17:00-18:30 London time. For details and to register, please see

It would be so unlike the UK government to let someone die on hunger strike in detention🙄

Really important piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social "Muraisi, whose strike has lasted the longest, is, according to supporters, now struggling to breathe and suffering uncontrollable muscle spasms" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Someone in Hollywood is already optioning the film rights, I'm sure. Call in Kathryn Bigelow and call it Zero Dark Trumpy, maybe.

Yup

Exactly BBC too

Here we go again, the fetishisation of American military violence deployed in the name of violating international law.

Just wish there was an alternative power bloc united by a regard for the rules based order...

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

ICYMI: Yesterday I published a detailed investigation where I identified a 19,000 strong, UAE-aligned, pro-RSF and pro-STC (and distinctly anti-Saudi) botnet. In it I focus on #Sudan, and detail how they whitewashed RSF violence in El Fasher. 👉 marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Yemen

This is important. #keepeyesonsudan

🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence

🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence

My latest for Middle East Eye 'The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers & why we all should be worried. My investigation has revealed UAE-aligned pseudo-media ecosystem, where right-wing & Israeli-aligned commentators masquerade as moderate Arab voices' www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/rise...

The rise of Emirati dis-influencers: Open-source investigation reveals the UAE’s sophisticated pseudo-media ecosystem, where right-wing and Israel-aligned commentators masquerade as moderate Arab voices - by @marcowenjones.bsky.social

The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers and why we all should be worried @marcowenjones.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/rise...

My latest for Middle East Eye 'The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers & why we all should be worried. My investigation has revealed UAE-aligned pseudo-media ecosystem, where right-wing & Israeli-aligned commentators masquerade as moderate Arab voices' www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/rise...

In case you missed this. A thread on the dysinfluencer Amjad Taha #disinformation

New Analysis on my Substack: I Detected Over 5,000 Bot-Like Accounts Amplifying UAE-Aligned STC Narratives in Southern Yemen open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

Correction: Trump has been found liable by a jury for sexual assault. Presumably Nigel Farage will prosecute himself and his entire gove

Technically I believe “found liable for sexual assault” rather than “guilty of”—civil suit rather than criminal charges?

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 Bill Ackman, TRobinsonNewEra and others) appears to be Hen Mazzig - but he deleted it. The second was an Indian pharmacist...

🧵Have you ever heard of LLM-authored books being used as part of an disinformation operation? Well now you have! #AI #Disinformation open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

Got my bluesky account verified. This means when I post cat photos you know they are real cats

A AI vám to naservíruje jako seriózní a vědeckou literaturu faktu…

Stop the world I want to get off

Mass education has been the most significant revolution in human history, and arguably the most powerful barrier against authoritarianism and obscurantism. Disinformation based on AI could undo it.

Yikes. This is something I’ve been concerned about for some time. More widely the pollution of the information ecosystem, which implies a need to fact-check everything (entirely unrealistic at scale and ineffective in countering mass-produced dis/misinformation) will cause a lot of problems

A great thread: when we think of disinformation, we rarely think about books. Here's an example of how they fit in the current media ecosystem and how state actors use them

Here we seem to have a literal construction of expertise for political purposes.

This is fascinating and frightening reporting. More highly orchestrated global disinformation, with fake “news sites” drummed up using LLMs and a collection of “authors” and “news outlets” promoting one another. Why are people from the UAE fanning anti-Arab & North Africa immigration talking points?

New societal-level fear unlocked.

Most likely the most important thread all year, yes 2025. “All (LLM authored books) promoting propaganda reflecting talking points of the UAE, Israel and right wing European movements” If they are using AI and LLM to create propaganda elsewhere, you know they’re using it everywhere.

It is good to read this to put all the “Muslim brotherhood” chatter in context

🧵Have you ever heard of LLM-authored books being used as part of an disinformation operation? Well now you have! #AI #Disinformation open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

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! "Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory" open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

Fascinating and worthy dive into UAE influencers!

A really interesting post from @marcowenjones.bsky.social about the connections between Emirati social media influencers using AI to write books to bolster their credentials, and right wing, antidemocratic forces in the US, UK, Poland and Israel. marcowenjones.substack.com/p/amjad-taha...

I can’t help but notice that Rauda Altenaiji carries the name of a prominent Ras Al Khaimah family, whose members were prominent in the now proscribed Islah movement (otherwise labelled as the local chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood).

One for my reading list from @marcowenjones.bsky.social

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! "Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory" open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

New Analysis on my Substack: I Detected Over 5,000 Bot-Like Accounts Amplifying UAE-Aligned STC Narratives in Southern Yemen open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

Who is Amjad Taha? From Bahrain-era provocateur to “Emirati expert,” from front organisations to UK court rulings, this is a deep dive and long read into one of the most consistently platformed disinfluencers in Western media. #Dysinfluence marcowenjones.substack.com/p/who-is-amj...