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...

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...

Speaking at the Doha Forum today, @marcowenjones.bsky.social highlights that "almost every disinformation campaign now uses AI" and observes that "it's a force multiplier." Kudos to @rusi.bsky.social for organizing and leading an excellent discussion about cyber statecraft in the Middle East.

"Although Tommy Robinson put out anti-Qatar content after October 7, 2023, his interest in Qatar appeared to intensify after a recent trip to Israel, at the invitation of Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs". www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

My latest for @aljazeera.com "Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head: Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia" www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #lauraloomer #tommyrobinson

Attacking using Wikimedia properties is low, but it is not the first time this has happened. I and @marcowenjones.bsky.social observed a similar Wikimedia-hacking source-legitimising tactic by the perpetrators of the "Qatar Plot" influence operation. #Kremlin #Russia #PravdaNetwork #Wikipedia

What approximately 19000 bots whitewashing the atrocities in El Fasher look like. Network diagram using the Z Splitter Algorithm #Sudan

Churches aren't my bag but if you know someone that enjoys the fellowship, share this link so they can learn and recognize propaganda.

Two days ago I emailed over 400 churches in the US to tell them they were being targeted by a propaganda campaign funded by the Israeli government. At least 226 of them read the email, with many reading it several times. Guess that shows some level of concern! #gaza

Trump is suing for something that happened over a year ago, which is longer than the statute of limitations in UK for defamation. Obviously it's a political stunt, and Trump knows Starmer isn’t going to tell Trump to shove it up his arse #bbc

New review of my book 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East' by Clarissa Conner in Critical Studies in Media Communication www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is the role of academic publishing now to provide structured and reliable training data for LLMs? Asking for a friend #AcademicChatter

1/ For the benefit of Lisa Nandy - I have transcribed this interview with Chief Superintendent Tom Joyce from West Midland's police, and SkyNews. Contrary to Lisa Nandy' spin, he is clear, the threat TO THE MACCABI TV FANS was not the primary driver for the ban

My comments in this piece by Al Jazeera “If you can create enough online noise, through either social media or highly ranked websites, you’re able to influence AI’s large language models [like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok],” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10... #gaza

Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? Turns Out He Had Been Hillel BC’s Advocacy Officer & President of UBC’s 'Israel on Campus' marcowenjones.substack.com/p/remember-t...

Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? Turns Out He Had Been Hillel BC’s Advocacy Officer & President of UBC’s 'Israel on Campus' marcowenjones.substack.com/p/remember-t...

Dear Marc (if I may) YOU CERTAINLY MAY NOT. Joking. You may. #academicchatter

🧵 1/ Search For Your Church! And see if it has been targeted by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs open.substack.com/pub/marcowen... #gazagenocide #propaganda

🧵 1/ Search For Your Church! And see if it has been targeted by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs open.substack.com/pub/marcowen... #gazagenocide #propaganda

ICYMI: RAG Poisoning? How Google's Gemini AI is Learning Pro-Israel Disinformation From Social Media marcowenjones.substack.com/p/how-google...

ICYMI

New substack: Al-Generated US Congressman Fuels False Claims of Somaliland Recognition A number of fake accounts and suspicious news outlets including MiddleEast 24 are pushing the narrative that recognition of Somaliland is inevitable in November open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

🎥New Episode: "Iran is Down, Not Out" I speak with Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and Africa Programme at Chatham House, about the Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran and its impacts on Iran’s nuclear program. youtu.be/Dcjmzptf3Kc

AI is learning disinfo. A fake quote about Hamas spread on X… and now Google’s Gemini is repeating it as fact. From rumour → news → “AI truth.” Read how it happened How Google’s Gemini AI is Learning Pro-Israel Disinformation From Social Media open.substack.com/pub/marcowen... #Dysinfluence