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Trending: Weapons of Mass Deception

Weapons of Mass Deception

01/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Weapons of Mass Deception

The online dirty tricks and social media bots rupturing relations in the Middle East.

It is almost a year since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and their allies cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar. This week, BBC Arabic journalist Owen Pinnell helps us reveal how allegations of hacked websites, bot armies and other online dirty tricks have fuelled the ongoing tensions between the two sides. 

Presenter: Jonathan Griffin
Producer: Elizabeth Cassin
Editor: Edward Main

Photo Credit: Reuters

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