The Daily Beast says it has identified a network of fake personas used to sneak opinion pieces aligned with UAE government policy to legitimate media outlets. Twitter agreed to suspend some of their accounts.
The network is centered around two websites, the Arab Eye and Persia Now, and has been operating since at least July 2019, the Daily Beast reported. Non-existent experts belonging to it had falsified LinkedIn profiles and falsely claimed to have academic credentials. Some used AI-generated images for their profiles while others opted for photos of real people, which were altered to avoid detection.
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