What Is behind Saudi Social Bots being the Most Active in Iraq Protests?

By Staff

Demonstrations in Iraq erupted on Tuesday over unemployment and poor public services, with some protesters arguing that they deserve a better life since they are living in a country with some of the world's largest energy resources.

Everything was fine until protests turned violent, with almost confirmed speculations that the rioters were pushed by foreign intervention.

According to experts and field analyses, the hands of Saudi Arabia, the United States and “Israel” were clear in the deteriorating situation.

Saudi Arabia aims to hinder the Iraqi government, which stands by Iran in the war on terrorism and represents a key partner of the axis of resistance. So are the United States and “Israel”, the countries that serve the same goal of allowing unrest to engulf the region.

A key example of what is going on in Iraq was presented on social media platforms. The trending hashtag that was most used regarding rallies in Iraq was used by only 6% users in the country, while 79% were from Saudi Arabia.

The hashtag was precisely used by 58000 Twitter users based in Saudi Arabia, who definitely caused more escalation in the already tense situation.

Relatively, 200 robots retweeted 13000 related tweets.

The main question now is why Saudi Arabia deployed its social bots to do this dirty job? And what would the kingdom that totally “respects” human rights do next?