Draft:Army of Flies

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Comment: Only one of the sources even mentions this term Greenman (talk) 13:32, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

The "army of flies" is a term used to refer to Saud al-Qahtani's coordinated social media attacks using a combination of bots and farmed accounts.^[1]

The army of flies has been linked to social media campaigns, primarily on X, against critics of the Saudi government, as well as possibly interfering with the Depp v Heard case, and the social media explosion following the sentencing of Cameron Herrin.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ "How Saudi Arabia Weaponized Twitter to Target MBS Critics". PBS.
^ Bellingcat. "Lord of the Flies: An Open-Source Investigation into Saud Al-Qahtani" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019.
^ Schofield, Daisy (28 February 2024). "Inside the podcast exposing the Saudi bot army mobilised to take down Amber Heard".
^ "Cameron Herrin went to prison. Why is he all over TikTok?". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

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^ Taddonio, Patrice. "How Saudi Arabia Weaponized Twitter to Target MBS Critics". PBS. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[1] "How Saudi Arabia Weaponized Twitter to Target MBS Critics". PBS.

[2] Bellingcat. "Lord of the Flies: An Open-Source Investigation into Saud Al-Qahtani" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019.

[3] Schofield, Daisy (28 February 2024). "Inside the podcast exposing the Saudi bot army mobilised to take down Amber Heard".

[4] "Cameron Herrin went to prison. Why is he all over TikTok?". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

[5] Taddonio, Patrice. "How Saudi Arabia Weaponized Twitter to Target MBS Critics". PBS. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

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