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Daï Djakman Faré wrote:tako je uvek, the gambia.

ceka se zapadna sahara.

@adama_barrow: a fake account

[size=42]A Network of Fake Twitter Profiles for the Gambia’s Leaders
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I’ve been loosely following the developments in the Gambia in the last couple months, including on Twitter, which has allowed me to discover people such as Jeffrey Smith and Abdoulie Sey, who have provided thoughtful and insightful updates on the situation.
One of the first things I discovered were two competing Twitter accounts for the Gambia’s new President, neither verified — @adama_barrow and @BarrowOfficial1. Both appear legitimate, but it is hard to tell, at first glance, which one actually is. @adama_barrow provides more frequent updates and appears to have a slicker PR team, and so it is easier to retweet that account without thinking.

However, the coalition that saw Barrow elected has a website, www.thegambiacoalition.com, which has social media links on a side bar. Clicking the Twitter link will take you to @BarrowOfficial1, which suggests that the account is coordinated by the coalition. Furthermore, coalition spokesperson Halifa Sallah has said at least once that @BarrowOfficial1 is the official account, and this has also been confirmed by the likes of Ruth Maclean, The Guardian’s West Africa correspondent.

Several people have picked up on this and searching something like ‘[url=https://twitter.com/search?q=adama barrow]Adama Barrow fake[/url]’ returns many relevant results on Twitter.

This would be like any other instance of a world leader being impersonated, but for a few reasons. Firstly, Twitter is yet to verify @BarrowOfficial1, which is one reason why there has been as much confusion as there has been. The confusion won’t end until it is verified. Secondly, @adama_barrow currently has 25.4k followers, as opposed to @BarrowOfficial1’s 11.2k followers. This affords them far more influence. So far, the account has only repeated press releases or stories already in the news. But this kind of power, coupled with uncertainty over its legitimacy, affords it the ability to spread misinformation relatively easily.

Thirdly, the account seems to be part of an orchestrated network of accounts purporting to be various leaders in the Gambia. Besides @adama_barrow, there is @F_Tambajang, @MFAGambia (representing Ousainou Darboe), @sallah_halifa, and @FirstLadyGambia. All of these follow only each other, and only retweet each other, propagating this fake network. But the network is way ahead of the coalition’s media team, who only operate one account. There is currently no account for the foreign ministry, the Vice President, or the First Lady. Until there is, and they are verified, it will be impossible to stop people following and retweeting those accounts that appear to be the real thing.
It is hard to know the objective of whoever, or whomever, is behind this clearly orchestrated network of fake accounts, or what their objectives are. But it has the potential to cause some actual damage, to spread misinformation and panic where there ought to be none. The coalition media team should get in touch with Twitter very soon to sort out this potentially-damaging confusion.

diktotar wrote:haha fala skrinsotu sto se neko setio

wrote:Je l' ume neko da čita transdnjistarski? Interesuje me o čemu transtwittuje @MIDPMR, sve je na tom nečitljivom dijalektu abhaškog...

The media in Transnistria, the breakaway territory within the borders of Moldova, features both state-owned or supported outlets and opposition media. Publications are in Russian, with a single newspaper in each of the other two official languages, Moldovan (Romanian), and Ukrainian. Allegations of propaganda have emerged internationally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Transnistria

rumbeando wrote:

wrote:Je l' ume neko da čita transdnjistarski? Interesuje me o čemu transtwittuje @MIDPMR, sve je na tom nečitljivom dijalektu abhaškog...

Jel' se ti zajebavaš? Svi tvitovi su na ruskom i ne postoji nikakav transdnjistarski, tamo se govori ruski.

The media in Transnistria, the breakaway territory within the borders of Moldova, features both state-owned or supported outlets and opposition media. Publications are in Russian, with a single newspaper in each of the other two official languages, Moldovan (Romanian), and Ukrainian. Allegations of propaganda have emerged internationally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Transnistria

Vídeo: Dos ferits lleus en un nou incident en la manifestació unionista de Barcelona
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MNE wrote:Boris Malagurski-@malagurski 2 hod.
#Catalonia opens up the question of #RepublikaSrpska, whether we like it or not.

Kinder Lad wrote:

MNE wrote:Boris Malagurski-@malagurski 2 hod.
#Catalonia opens up the question of #RepublikaSrpska, whether we like it or not.

Sigurno. To je prvo sto svakome pada na pamet.

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