Re: So very true!
Nima Elbagir's disinformation, again. TPLF's 100,000 members throughout Ethiopia caught with army & police uniforms, PKM's, AK-47's, hand grenades to unleash terror in Addis Ababa. Recall also TPLF's march to the capital per CNN's false report, 1 week ago.
Neamin Zeleke: @NeaminZeleke
Re: So very true!
Tigray conflict: The fake UN diplomat and other misleading stories (BBC)
The 'UN diplomat' who can't be traced
The official Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) has reported that a senior diplomat, formerly with the UN, has been tweeting in support of Ethiopia's cause.
The EPA's Facebook account reposted a tweet in the name of one George Bolton, with the handle @GboltonUN.
"Mr Bolton" - describing himself as a political analyst and former UN official - calls the Tigrayan leadership "brutal", notes that Ethiopia's leader won the Nobel Peace prize, and says the US should stay out of the conflict.
The same post appeared on the EPA's Amharic and Tigrinya Facebook pages.
But we've found no online profile for this individual and the UN has told us they have no record of a current or former employee with that name - in personnel records that go back at least a decade.
The profile photo used is exactly the same as an image that was part of an investigation by the Financial Times last year into the creation of faces by artificial intelligence software.
It was one of a number of examples the report highlighted as generated by a technology generative adversarial networks (GANs)
We also noticed that at one point all the posts under this Twitter account were removed, and that within the space of a week, the profile image then changed several times.
Continue reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56456535
The 'UN diplomat' who can't be traced
The official Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) has reported that a senior diplomat, formerly with the UN, has been tweeting in support of Ethiopia's cause.
The EPA's Facebook account reposted a tweet in the name of one George Bolton, with the handle @GboltonUN.
"Mr Bolton" - describing himself as a political analyst and former UN official - calls the Tigrayan leadership "brutal", notes that Ethiopia's leader won the Nobel Peace prize, and says the US should stay out of the conflict.
The same post appeared on the EPA's Amharic and Tigrinya Facebook pages.
But we've found no online profile for this individual and the UN has told us they have no record of a current or former employee with that name - in personnel records that go back at least a decade.
The profile photo used is exactly the same as an image that was part of an investigation by the Financial Times last year into the creation of faces by artificial intelligence software.
It was one of a number of examples the report highlighted as generated by a technology generative adversarial networks (GANs)
We also noticed that at one point all the posts under this Twitter account were removed, and that within the space of a week, the profile image then changed several times.
Continue reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56456535
Re: So very true!
Believe me, you don't wanna get me started with terror junta's innumerable fake social media accounts using white faces. I guarantee you, you just don't! 
What "Mr Bolton" said content wise, on the other hand, is uncontestable. The absolute truth!
What "Mr Bolton" said content wise, on the other hand, is uncontestable. The absolute truth!
sarcasm wrote: ↑16 Nov 2021, 17:04Tigray conflict: The fake UN diplomat and other misleading stories (BBC)
The 'UN diplomat' who can't be traced
The official Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) has reported that a senior diplomat, formerly with the UN, has been tweeting in support of Ethiopia's cause.
The EPA's Facebook account reposted a tweet in the name of one George Bolton, with the handle @GboltonUN.
"Mr Bolton" - describing himself as a political analyst and former UN official - calls the Tigrayan leadership "brutal", notes that Ethiopia's leader won the Nobel Peace prize, and says the US should stay out of the conflict.
The same post appeared on the EPA's Amharic and Tigrinya Facebook pages.
But we've found no online profile for this individual and the UN has told us they have no record of a current or former employee with that name - in personnel records that go back at least a decade.
The profile photo used is exactly the same as an image that was part of an investigation by the Financial Times last year into the creation of faces by artificial intelligence software.
It was one of a number of examples the report highlighted as generated by a technology generative adversarial networks (GANs)
We also noticed that at one point all the posts under this Twitter account were removed, and that within the space of a week, the profile image then changed several times.
Continue reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56456535