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Writer, linguist, diver. Global Threat Intel Lead @Meta. Investigating, analysing and exposing influence ops. RT ≠ endorsement.

Jun 11, 2018, 5 tweets

Predictable far-right responses to the situation of @MSF_Sea and @SOSMedFrance's ship #Aquarius.

Gab and 4chan have worked out how to use vessel trackers...

Predictable sentiment on those channels, too.

Sink the #Aquarius, wish rape and death on the crew...

Plenty of hostile replies to posts from those reporting on it, such as @AnneliseBorges, too.

Faceless accounts, few followers, "fakes," "scum" and other epithets.

Interestingly, these three all mix English and Dutch-language posts. The English is non-native.

So far, retweets of posts by @MSF_Sea far outnumber troll posts. (Most popular post, from @HarrysLastStand, dates to before the latest row.)

One to watch.

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