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
My latest for @aljazeera.com
"Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head: Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #lauraloomer #tommyrobinson
"Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head: Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #lauraloomer #tommyrobinson
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My latest for @aljazeera.com
"Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head: Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #lauraloomer #tommyrobinson
"Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head: Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #lauraloomer #tommyrobinson
Two days ago I emailed over 400 churches in the US to tell them they were being targeted by a propaganda campaign funded by the Israeli government. At least 226 of them read the email, with many reading it several times. Guess that shows some level of concern! #gaza
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Two days ago I emailed over 400 churches in the US to tell them they were being targeted by a propaganda campaign funded by the Israeli government. At least 226 of them read the email, with many reading it several times. Guess that shows some level of concern! #gaza
New review of my book 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East' by Clarissa Conner in Critical Studies in Media Communication
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New review of my book 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East' by Clarissa Conner in Critical Studies in Media Communication
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
3/ The violence in Amsterdam was instructive in the police decision.
Importantly, the British police understood from the Dutch Police that the Maccabi fans caused trouble THE DAY BEFORE the match, and that this 'absolutely resulted in the' subsequent attacks on Maccabi fans
Importantly, the British police understood from the Dutch Police that the Maccabi fans caused trouble THE DAY BEFORE the match, and that this 'absolutely resulted in the' subsequent attacks on Maccabi fans
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
3/ The violence in Amsterdam was instructive in the police decision.
Importantly, the British police understood from the Dutch Police that the Maccabi fans caused trouble THE DAY BEFORE the match, and that this 'absolutely resulted in the' subsequent attacks on Maccabi fans
Importantly, the British police understood from the Dutch Police that the Maccabi fans caused trouble THE DAY BEFORE the match, and that this 'absolutely resulted in the' subsequent attacks on Maccabi fans
2/ Joyce clarifies that an important aspect of the decision was that the Maccabi elements who are hooligans DO NOT just confine their violence to the fans, but other bystanders.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
2/ Joyce clarifies that an important aspect of the decision was that the Maccabi elements who are hooligans DO NOT just confine their violence to the fans, but other bystanders.
1/ For the benefit of Lisa Nandy - I have transcribed this interview with Chief Superintendent Tom Joyce from West Midland's police, and SkyNews. Contrary to Lisa Nandy' spin, he is clear, the threat TO THE MACCABI TV FANS was not the primary driver for the ban
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
1/ For the benefit of Lisa Nandy - I have transcribed this interview with Chief Superintendent Tom Joyce from West Midland's police, and SkyNews. Contrary to Lisa Nandy' spin, he is clear, the threat TO THE MACCABI TV FANS was not the primary driver for the ban
My comments in this piece by Al Jazeera
“If you can create enough online noise, through either social media or highly ranked websites, you’re able to influence AI’s large language models [like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok],”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
#gaza
“If you can create enough online noise, through either social media or highly ranked websites, you’re able to influence AI’s large language models [like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok],”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
#gaza
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My comments in this piece by Al Jazeera
“If you can create enough online noise, through either social media or highly ranked websites, you’re able to influence AI’s large language models [like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok],”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
#gaza
“If you can create enough online noise, through either social media or highly ranked websites, you’re able to influence AI’s large language models [like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok],”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
#gaza
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
6/ Or use the search bar on the map OR table!
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
6/ Or use the search bar on the map OR table!
5/ Intructions
Go the dashboard
public.tableau.com/shared/KR7B6...
Hover on the churches to find their email and telephone number:
Go the dashboard
public.tableau.com/shared/KR7B6...
Hover on the churches to find their email and telephone number:
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
5/ Intructions
Go the dashboard
public.tableau.com/shared/KR7B6...
Hover on the churches to find their email and telephone number:
Go the dashboard
public.tableau.com/shared/KR7B6...
Hover on the churches to find their email and telephone number:
4/ So if you’re concerned that your church or that churches in general are being targeted by a multimillion dollar propaganda campaign conducted by a government accused of genocide, why not contact them! I've created a polite email template
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
4/ So if you’re concerned that your church or that churches in general are being targeted by a multimillion dollar propaganda campaign conducted by a government accused of genocide, why not contact them! I've created a polite email template
3/ I have now enriched the data using Gemini to add phone numbers and email addresses. It seems like a good idea that the churches and their respective flocks are at least aware that they have been targeted! This is where crowdsourcing can help.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
3/ I have now enriched the data using Gemini to add phone numbers and email addresses. It seems like a good idea that the churches and their respective flocks are at least aware that they have been targeted! This is where crowdsourcing can help.
🧵 1/ Search For Your Church! And see if it has been targeted by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
#gazagenocide #propaganda
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
#gazagenocide #propaganda
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🧵 1/ Search For Your Church! And see if it has been targeted by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
#gazagenocide #propaganda
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
#gazagenocide #propaganda
New Analysis: How Google's Gemini Al is Learning Pro-Israel #Disinformation From Social Media
"The fact that LLMs so readily and rapidly reproduce disinformation based on a few unsupported viral rumours on social media, ratified by a questionable news source, is alarming"
#gazagenocide
"The fact that LLMs so readily and rapidly reproduce disinformation based on a few unsupported viral rumours on social media, ratified by a questionable news source, is alarming"
#gazagenocide
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Analysis: How Google's Gemini Al is Learning Pro-Israel #Disinformation From Social Media
"The fact that LLMs so readily and rapidly reproduce disinformation based on a few unsupported viral rumours on social media, ratified by a questionable news source, is alarming"
#gazagenocide
"The fact that LLMs so readily and rapidly reproduce disinformation based on a few unsupported viral rumours on social media, ratified by a questionable news source, is alarming"
#gazagenocide
🚨1/ Has your church been targeted by millions of dollars of propaganda paid for by the Israeli government?
Use this tool to find out!
I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.
public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide
Use this tool to find out!
I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.
public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🚨1/ Has your church been targeted by millions of dollars of propaganda paid for by the Israeli government?
Use this tool to find out!
I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.
public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide
Use this tool to find out!
I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.
public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide
New investigation. "Nobody Talks Like This: Meet 50 AI-Powered Propaganda Accounts in Sudan's Social Media War"
How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation
How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New investigation. "Nobody Talks Like This: Meet 50 AI-Powered Propaganda Accounts in Sudan's Social Media War"
How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation
How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation
Summary of some of the government of Israel's $8 million spend in the US in the past few months to serve propaganda to gen Z, manipulate AI, co-copt influencers, and flood the zone with bots open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
October 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Summary of some of the government of Israel's $8 million spend in the US in the past few months to serve propaganda to gen Z, manipulate AI, co-copt influencers, and flood the zone with bots open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
Musk sharing an AI generated image of the Arc de Triomphe with loads of England and Union flags thinking it's London is peak information disorder.
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Musk sharing an AI generated image of the Arc de Triomphe with loads of England and Union flags thinking it's London is peak information disorder.
Genuinely sick
September 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Genuinely sick
America's "warning" to Qatar
September 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
America's "warning" to Qatar
Look what's in close proximity to Israel's illegal attack on Doha, at least 2 nurseries, 3 schools, 6 embassies, a petrol station, a public park. This all happened in the middle of the afternoon, when schools are ending and children engaging in extra curricular activities
September 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Look what's in close proximity to Israel's illegal attack on Doha, at least 2 nurseries, 3 schools, 6 embassies, a petrol station, a public park. This all happened in the middle of the afternoon, when schools are ending and children engaging in extra curricular activities
2/3 This is a link to one of the ads, trying to say that there is plenty of food in Gaza. Their recent campaign has focused on blaming the UN for not delivering enough food. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKB0...
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
2/3 This is a link to one of the ads, trying to say that there is plenty of food in Gaza. Their recent campaign has focused on blaming the UN for not delivering enough food. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKB0...
1/3 Google and X are accepting thousands of dollars to run Youtube ads by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs that are whitewashing famine in Gaza. Between May and July alone they spent >$138 k targeting Germany alone. #GazaGenocide
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
1/3 Google and X are accepting thousands of dollars to run Youtube ads by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs that are whitewashing famine in Gaza. Between May and July alone they spent >$138 k targeting Germany alone. #GazaGenocide
Ahhh so it's not genocide if it takes longer than an afternoon?
Why is Netanyahu engaging in Holocaust denial now?
Why is Netanyahu engaging in Holocaust denial now?
August 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Ahhh so it's not genocide if it takes longer than an afternoon?
Why is Netanyahu engaging in Holocaust denial now?
Why is Netanyahu engaging in Holocaust denial now?