In the five months since war broke out in Sudan, @dfrlab.bsky.social has identified three influence campaigns on Twitter/ X attempting to promote Hemedti and the Rapid Support Forces. Brief summary of our findings below 🧵👇 1/9

Please join us tomorrow for an exciting panel looking at Sudan's information environment before and after conflict broke out in April this year. Registration info below!

DFRLab@dfrlab.bsky.social · 3y ago

TOMORROW: 8:00 ET / 14:00 CAT @dfrlab.bsky.social hosts the launch of its newest report on Sudan’s information environment. Join as our authors report their research and panelists discuss the intricacies of Sudan’s information and media ecosystem between 2019-2022 in light of the ongoing conflict.

First post here is on my newest piece for @dfrlab.bsky.social on a suspicious network of accounts positing copied, positive replies to the RSF. https://dfrlab.org/2023/08/02/suspicious-networks-copypasta-replies-to-sudanese-paramilitary-groups-tweets/

Suspicious network’s copypasta replies to Sudanese paramilitary group’s tweets

Network of potentially hijacked Twitter accounts copy and pasted positive replies to accounts associated with Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

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