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The investigation of “Sita Letters” within the “Zero Distance” program revealed in its first part a disinformation network financed by the Emirates that works to spread false news about Qatar and its allies and is based in Cairo.
The program team was able to contact a former employee of the “Qatarileaks” website, which is presented as a leak site for the Qatari opposition.
However, the Zero Distance research team revealed that the UAE company DotDev began preparing the Qatarelix platform in late 2016, coinciding with the UAE’s move against Qatar in Washington.
The film “Sita Letters”, which aired on the Al-Jazeera channel on Sunday night, showed the leaked correspondence of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the movements of the blocking countries to attack Qatar in the Congress of States. United in cooperation with research centers in Washington funded by the United Arab Emirates.
The investigation revealed that the tag “Qatar supports terrorism” was first launched from an Emirati account in 2013 and returned to activity a month before the siege of Qatar.
The investigation also revealed that the tag “5,000 Turkish soldiers to protect Tamim” was first launched from an Emirati account.
The investigation of the names revealed an Emirati network in Cairo specializing in targeting Qatar and Turkey.
For over a year and a half, the Zero Distance team has been tracking fake news and video sources.
The program team was able to penetrate one of these networks and reach those who run deceptive electronic platforms.
The film reveals in two parts how these networks work on social networks.
“Sita Letters” reveals the scenes of the UAE-funded research centers in Washington moving to incite against Qatar, and how they worked with the blocking countries to coordinate with each other, in conjunction with the penetration of the News Agency of Qatar and the launch of electronic campaigns organized to attack Qatar.
