Dysinfluence
Marc Owen Jones"Dysinfluence" - from Dys, meaning harmful, and influence - examines a critical evolution in digital manipulation - the strategic exploitation of influence systems to shape not just what people believe, but how they come to believe it.
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The Times publishes clarification on Amjad Taha’s article about UK campuses “surrendering to radical Islamists”
In a recent column for The Times, Emirates-based dysinfluencer Amjad Taha argues that British universities have “surrendered to radical Islamists” and become unsafe environments for Jewish students. The piece is sweeping in tone, and presen...
I found 19,000 UAE-aligned bots promoting the Rapid Support Forces after their atrocities in El Fasher
In November 2025, very soon after the El Fasher massacre, a cluster of Sudan-related hashtags has repeatedly trended on X, in the UAE, Sudan and elsewhere in the Middle East. Together, they advance a strikingly consistent narrative. Abdel F...
Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing and the Emirati Dysinfluencer Factory
Until late 2024, most people had never heard of Rauda Altenaiji. Then, almost overnight, she, and a small group of similarly styled young Emirati social media personalities, began appearing everywhere: posting slick videos, publishing op-ed...
Analysis: I Detected Over 5,000 Bot Accounts Amplifying UAE-Aligned STC Narratives on Southern Yemen
In the past week, hashtags linked to Southern #Yemen have surged on X notably:
القوات الجنوبيه طارده_للارهاب (“Southern forces are expelling terrorism”).
👉TLDR: over 5000 X bots are promoting promoting STC control of southern Yemen...
Who is Amjad Taha? A Deep Dive
Amjad Taha is a disinfluencer, someone who repeatedly circulates false and harmful information. Yet despite a long and well-documented record of fabrications and conspiracy theories, he continues to be platformed by major Western media outl...
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Marc Owen Jones, Associate Professor at Northwestern University in Qatar, is an award-winning expert on disinformation, media analytics and Middle East politics. His latest book is titled 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East'.
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