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Inside the podcast exposing the Saudi bot army mobilised to take down Amber Heard


Alexi Mostrous on his new podcast, Who Trolled Amber Heard, and the targeted campaign behind the “trial by TikTok”

In the months between April and June 2022, content from the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial in Virginia dominated the mainstream press cycle and social media. They’re all praising the Saudi regime, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and his Vision 2030 [a government programme to promote "economic, social and cultural diversification”]. You can see Depp praising Saudi Arabian filmmakers at the Red Sea Film Festival, and, most surprisingly, according to a Vanity Fair article from earlier this month, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and he have become personal friends.

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