KSA, target of systematic defamation campaign by Qatar

Qatar continues defaming Saudi Arabia and character-assassinating the Saudi Crown Prince, targeting reforms in the Kingdom. On the one hand, there is a push from Qatari news channel Aljazeera and lobbyists to portray Vision2030 as a fraud or failure for not going far or fast enough. On the other, there is a concerted effort from the same groups to reverse the reforms and restore the former status quo. 

Doha’s information warfare attempted attacks against its rival Saudi Arabia and the more open, anti-extremist view of Islam proposed by the Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman and his supporters. People connected to the government of Qatar have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook and Twitter to promote state propaganda and attack Bin Salman. 

Doha has been accused of using the fake accounts to attack the Kingdom and spread disinformation following the Arab Boycott. The used fake accounts are posing as Saudi citizens and the pages are designed to look like news outlets.

In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut off diplomatic and transportation links with Qatar over its support for extremist groups. After more than two years and as a result of the blockade, Qatar's economic prognosis has been brought into doubt, the map of regional alliances has been redrawn, and any prospects of deeper regional integration have been dashed. 

With Qatar increasingly feeling the diplomatic and economic impact of the Arab boycott, the tiny emirate continues to squander its riches on terror proxies to fuel regional turmoil and on its propaganda arms to whitewash its tattered image.