Guy Fiennes

MENA specialist, junior analyst @ISDglobal, multilingual

[European Digital Media Observatory @EDMO_EUI]

🏳️‍🌈 Anti-LGBTQIA+ disinformation is rising — join EDMO's next training module for an overview of current narratives, tactics and networks, case studies from Hungary, Czechia & Slovakia, and insights from GLAAD's 2026 Social Media Safety Index.

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👉@fiennes_guy, @ISDglobal
👉@bulcsuhunyadi, @HdmoHub, @Pol_Cap
👉Ivan Ruta Cuker, @CEDMOhub
👉Jenni Olson & Leanna Garfield, @glaad

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[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

The erasure of queer voices and spaces in AI models and by automated content moderation, book bans and the targeting of non-trans women with anti-trans hate and transvestigation

[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

My overview of 5 years in the online and offline anti-LGBTQ+ landscape; most media focussed on the rise in reported hate crimes but most striking for me was… https://t.co/jZ6qNE5LOk

[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

Neglected X but have briefly returned because a Redditor suggested I may not be a real alleged expert 👀

[Ibrahim Olabi @IbrahimOlabi]

11/ Rushing to conclusions and amplifying unverified claims is the opposite of justice. It puts victims and communities at greater risk. In one example, a media agency quoted a telegram channel that was spreading violence saying it is an official channel. The UN report after careful digging showed that telegram channel was an imposter account.

[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

The ‘No Innocents’ (in Gaza) discourse, like ‘the Myth of the Israeli Civilian’, seeks to broaden the definition of legitimate military targets to non-combatants and children. Recent efforts to similarly brand Gazan journalists follow this pattern https://t.co/BLWxbOZcXn

[GNET @GNET_research]

This Insight sees @fiennes_guy investigate how Western extremists, including neo-Nazis, white supremacists and participants in Saints Culture, capitalised on the migration to XiaoHongShu following the announcement that TikTok would be banned in the US.

https://t.co/Qeu3runvRY

[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

@EekadFacts Hey, the Hamas / olympics fake was attributed to Russian group Storm-1516, and the HTS one was shared on primarily Arabic language X and Russian language telegram https://t.co/JehrczsuNz — are you suggesting Israeli/far right bots amplified it, or are responsible for it?

[Guy Fiennes @fiennes_guy]

Going to admit here that I’m thrilled to see people read (and appreciate) the endnotes

[Alheli Picazo @a_picazo]

Mentioned in the footnotes of this excellent overview of the Israeli far-right: https://t.co/iaYHDy4EXM

[Zahed Amanullah @zahed]

A great overview of key ideologies, groups and figures in contemporary Israeli far-right extremism by my colleague @fiennes_guy at @ISDglobal.

https://t.co/a61bka04HH

[Clement Segal @SegalClement]

Insightful overview on Israel's extremism from @fiennes_guy - MENA specialist @ISDglobal
https://t.co/oYkP6DPVCh

[Rashad Ali @rashadzali1]

Far-Right Extremism in Israel - by @fiennes_guy

https://t.co/OKE1lkCrsl

[Rashad Ali @rashadzali1]

HTS Explainer - by @fiennes_guy and me https://t.co/TuOZPtC0vx via @academia

[Rashad Ali @rashadzali1]

Rebels from an aligned uprising in the south reached Damascus & toppled dictator Assad’s regime on 8 Dec. This Explainer provides an overview of the group’s origins, history of governance, & its subsequent actions & messaging. - by @fiennes_guy and me
https://t.co/647rfJ4QhV

[Мilàn Czerny @milanczerny]

In a few hours, as part of the same show, Syrian rebels turned from being labelled on Russian TV as "militants from a terror group that was part of AlQaeda" to "armed opposition." After a decade of describing all opposition to Assad as ISIS, Russia is quickly shifting gears.

[Alex Simon @AlexGSimon]

Five years ago, a conversation transformed my understanding of Syria's prison sector—and the Syrian regime itself.

As Syrians excavate survivors from Sednaya, I’m sharing an edited transcript of that discussion. The speaker is an Arab researcher who spent decades in Damascus 🧵

[Orwa Ajjoub | عُروة @OAjjoub]

I’ve been out of the country for 12 years. During every call with my family, there’s always a silent pause at the end. That silence is our inability to ask: “When will we meet?” Today, there’s no more silence. We will meet again in #Syria.

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

The Iranian embassy getting raided after its brutal client dictator makes an ignominious exit from the country is a real "history doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme" moment

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

Wonder how much paper shredding is going on in Damascus right now

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

The new HTS administration in Aleppo has put up QR code billboards so people can follow their new circulars for the city on WhatsApp.