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Analysing online deception around Qatar’s Shura elections

Marc Owen Jones
August 10, 2021

As Qatar prepares up for its Shura Council elections, foreign influence plagues the country’s first democratic vote. Qatar’s long awaited Shura Elections have been marred by unfolding laws that curtail…

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Technology
Politics
Shura Council Elections
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Foreign interference? Mysterious Shura election hashtag ‘trends’ on Twitter

Farah AlSharif
August 1, 2021

#The_People_Boycott_Shura_Elections was trending in Qatar on Twitter, but suspiciously, the trend only included one tweet. A mysterious “trending” hashtag has appeared ahead of Qatar’s historic Shura Council elections in October,…

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News

Qatar’s population dips slightly in June as summer getaway begins

Doha News Team
July 1, 2013

Noticed the traffic on the roads easing a bit lately? That might be because Qatar’s population went down by nearly 50,000 last month, from 1.96m in May to 1.91m in…

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Foreign interference? Mysterious Shura election hashtag ‘trends’ on Twitter

Qatar’s population dips slightly in June as summer getaway begins

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