Emirati activist exposes his country’s regime incitement against Qatar

Emirati activist Abdullah Al-Taweel exposed his country’s regime incitement against Qatar and the use of trolls committees affiliated with the UAE State Security Apparatus in that.

Al-Taweel highlighted on Twitter, “committees of trolls online affiliated to the UAE State Security spread rumours about what is happening in Qatar.”

Al-Taweel considered this as “a new failure to be added to the list of downfalls that accompanies the criminal UAE state security apparatus and the supervisor of sowing sedition.”

“We remind State Security of the detainees whose sentences have expired and whose release has been refused,” he added.

For its part, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, issued from London, published a report on the attempts of the dark chambers in the UAE and other countries to inflame the situation in Qatar.

During the past days, strong activity was observed for several fake, newly created, or suspicious accounts, all of which are classified under the so-called trolls.

These calculations attempted to divert the discussion about the Shura Council elections, which is the first experience in Qatar, towards another direction aimed at creating confusion.

These parties diverted the discussion about the Shura Council elections, which is the first experiment in Qatar, to another direction to create confusion.

By analyzing the data and communicating with experts in the field, it was found that they are all bubbles and misleading news, and the truth of the matter is that the situation is calm and normal, except for the sensitivities raised by the election law, among a group of a well-known tribe.

Among the most prominent observations is the attempt to mislead the public that the authorities closed most of the main streets in the Corniche.

But the fake accounts led to a wide misinformation campaign, in which tweets from the Emirates, and even official media sites, and some Saudi media figures affiliated with Abu Dhabi, tried to promote that the Qatari authorities closed the main street in Doha and claim that something was wrong.

It was also noted that a significant number of the most prevalent hashtags originated from the UAE and other countries in the region, most of which are attempts to mislead and broadcast negative news.

For his part, Mark Owen Jones, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Digital Humanities, said that there is an attempt to direct the trend in Qatar and increase the spread of hashtags and news related to the Qatar elections by those who wish to create a charged atmosphere against Doha and promote the news negatively.

“It is difficult to ascertain the identity of the countries behind them, although the Emirati influencers seem very prominent, and this fits with the current geopolitical relations.”

Mark stressed that the sample he followed over the past two days, which generally includes most activity on the hashtag, focused on manipulation and misinformation, without judging the critical issues raised and the controversy surrounding the election law, which is another topic.

Among the most noticeable results that have been reached is that the manipulation of the content is unambiguous.

The British expert revealed the mechanisms of the work of trolls by retweeting misleading news hundreds of times, which are accounts that are not authentic in society, as accounts tweet using the same application, in this case, the Twitter Web application or browser application, which is often used to manipulate more.

The researcher revealed that once we look at the accounts, we will realize that they are fake, and he gave an example of counterfeit or stolen. And the data of their owners indicate that they are in Britain or other countries, and the real owners have nothing to do with what is written on the subject.

He also noticed an Emirati media account called Mubarak Al-Yafei, one of the most prominent sources of misinformation.