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Both of the accounts describe themselves as news aggregators and reporters of “open-source intelligence,” mainly conveying items that have already surfaced elsewhere to a new audience. (The @ sentdefender account’s display name is OSINTdefender).
karakurt @karakurt
A social media account recommended by Elon Musk for its coverage of the Israeli war with Hamas with a long history of antisemitic posts is connected to a southwest London teenager, according to research and a text exchange with the account.
11:28 PM - Oct 26, 2023
11:28 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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karakurt
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In July, @ WarMonitors posted a screenshot indicating that it had been paid more than $16,000 as part of X’s inducements for content creators. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment.
11:29 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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karakurt
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The behavior, though, seems optimized for X’s latest changes, which Musk has said are designed to keep people from on the app instead of clicking away to read or watch more. Musk has also taken steps to reduce the traffic going from X to large media organizations
11:29 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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karakurt
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Open-source researchers identified WarMonitors and sentdefender using traditional techniques. In the case of WarMonitors, an old version of the account holder’s X profile included a link to a PayPal address, as discovered by a group calling itself the Unintelligence Agency.
11:30 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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A search on the PayPal address turned up an account on the freelancing site Fiverr with the name Jad Hassanieh, the group said. Past posts by WarMonitors said the account holder lived in London, is of Lebanese descent and was a student just a couple of years ago.
11:34 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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karakurt
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War Monitors has repeatedly referred to Israeli forces, civilian leaders and activists as Nazis, and he responded to someone else on X in June with the riposte “mind your own business, jew.
11:37 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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⚛️Shawn Athan
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In response to karakurt.
Stfu, are you serious? I've been following them since the beginning of the invasion. Ugh 😠 😡
11:31 PM - Oct 26, 2023 (Edited)
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