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Marc Owen Jones

@marcowenjones.bsky.social

Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier

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Sohan Dsouza@sohandsouza.info · 4mo ago

Why am I seeing a flurry of Google ads, always wordlessly featuring Nigel Farage pointing sternly or angrily at some BBC guy, promoting non-political services that aren't even based in the UK, posted by verified advertisers based in Latin America with long Spanish names? This is just the latest.

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Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 6h ago

"It is coherent to describe as “racist” an ideology [Zionism] that promotes establishment of a state [in this case, Israel] for only one race of people [Jewish] in a territory that formerly contained a large number of people of a different race [Palestinians]" www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-appe...

UK appeals court upholds anti-Zionist beliefs as protected under equality law

University of Bristol loses bid to overturn ruling that it unlawfully discriminated against academic David Miller after dismissing him over comments expressing his anti-Zionist beliefs

middleeasteye.net

Lyam Mc@lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 7h ago

The Telegraph really is the Sun in a posh twat format 🫪😵‍💫 for the old, white, male ‘business person’ and stupid. 😂😂😂

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 8h ago

Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 8h ago

Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation

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Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 8h ago

It was always strange to call the genocide in Gaza a war, but it's even more bizarre when there is a ceasefire and Israel has killed 1200 Palestinians since then. Even if the Guardian doesn't want to use the term genocide "war" doesn't capture one sided slaughter of civilians

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Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · last wk.

Gemini is still outputting false quotes attributed to Khalil Al Hayya. Last year I wrote a post on how easily and quickly Gemini picked up pro-Israel #disinformation based on social media posts and unsubstantiated reporting. So called RAG poisoning. #LLM marcowenjones.substack.com/p/how-google...

How Google's Gemini AI is Learning Pro-Israel Disinformation From Social Media

A fake quote attributed to Hamas official Khalil Al Hayya is being regurgitated by Gemini AI

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Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 3w ago

UAE using the Pegasus family and friends option... “The Emirates bought it and redistributed it to friendly services. You could say it’s like Netflix: a friend pays for the subscription, and the others use their account.”" www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets

theguardian.com

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 4w ago

"She said the fall of North Darfur’s regional capital El Fasher to the RSF had been followed by a “calculated campaign of the most profound suffering,” particularly targeting non-Arab communities' news.un.org/en/story/202...

Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes ag...

news.un.org

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The fairly obvious comparison is that ...AI is slowly supplanting our ability to think independently and critically, in many cases feeding us dopamine as we celebrate the technologies that may be responsible for the decline of our ability to act independently" www.gulf-times.com/article/7267...

Is AI stealing our souls? The ethical questions behind Gulf’s AI boom

In Abu Dhabi, crews are pouring concrete for a five-gigawatt AI campus, the largest outside the United States. Saudi Arabia’s national champion, HUMAIN, is...

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Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My article 'Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza' in Third World Quarterly is currently free to access, download it while you can! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #GazaGenocide‌

Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza

This paper examines Israel’s systematic deployment of disinformation during its war on Gaza since October 2023, introducing the concept of ‘alethocide’ – the systemic destruction of truth. Using a ...

tandfonline.com

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My article 'Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza' in Third World Quarterly is currently free to access, download it while you can! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #GazaGenocide‌

Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza

This paper examines Israel’s systematic deployment of disinformation during its war on Gaza since October 2023, introducing the concept of ‘alethocide’ – the systemic destruction of truth. Using a ...

tandfonline.com

Tim Lowe@timlow3.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very good thread on bot net influence operation over on #Xitter Influence operations should not be allowed. #ShutXitterDown

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Extremely exciting news. New report out: Enabling Atrocity in the MENA and #Sudan The report documents three large-scale influence networks operating across MENA on X/Twitter, involving 27,000+ inauthentic accounts and over 250,000 posts across multiple languages. www.sc.edu/study/colleg...