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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · 13d

Say what you will, Chuck Schumer is clearly phenomenally fit. The dude works out. His core and back muscles must be incredible toned for him to be able to stand up straight without any backbone holding him up.

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Jul 27

amazingly the @instagram help page has a section on removing potential spam accounts from your followers, but absolutely no help to get unflagged as a potential scam. They flag you without telling you, you can't see it anywhere unless your followers warn you, and can't appeal

Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Jul 27

The notification says "some accounts" prefer this, even when they're public. I'm pretty sure reuters doesn't want to manually review every follow request, and this started happening for every page recently. If my page is flagged as suspicious, why can't I see it in my account status and just appeal?

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Weird thing: I never got notified that anything was wrong with my account, and the "account status" in my settings says everything is fine. Wtf? How can I appeal or report this?

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Can someone explain why I've been unable to follow public pages on instagram lately? I get a notification that they'll have to manually review my request (for every single page I try to follow). I'm also told new followers to my page get a warning from instagram that I'm flagged as a potential scam

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

But regardless of whether you agree with the sanctions against Hüseyin and red., this is not about Palestine or pro-Palestine journalism, this is about Russia, and the narrative pushed by red. that they are being silenced for their pro-Palestine stance is simply false.

Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

Russia does not support Palestine. They are not your ally. They are simply weaponizing support for Palestine to destabilize the EU.
But the only reason they're able to do that, is bc of how the EU has dealt with the crisis in Gaza and failed to uphold its own standards and live up to its rhetoric.

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

One of the clearest examples is operation "red hands" where Russian agents framed pro-Palestine demonstrators for the vandalism of a holocaust monument in Paris last year.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/doss...

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

That being said, the EU has torched any semblance of credibility it had on human rights and democracy with its support of Israel in the last 2 years.
This has left the door wide open for Russia to massively capitalize on the pro-Palestine movement to sow further division in Europe.

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

In the full sanctions announcement by the EU, (Hüseyin aside) all affected individuals and entities are Russian or Russia-linked. There are no independent pro-Palestine media or orgs among them.
This new round of sanctions against Russia was expected.

Russian hybrid threats: EU lists further 21 individuals and 6 entities and introduces sectoral measures in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and international part...

The Council imposed restrictive measures against 21 individuals and 6 entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising actions against the EU and its member states and broadened the scope of the sancti...

www.consilium.europa.eu

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

Hüseyin worked for Redfish and doesn't deny (or confirm) that Lizzie Phelan, the founder of Redfish still works for red. media - although he does deny ties to Russia and the label of "successor company" to redfish

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

That's because Hüseyin is the founder of "red." which also goes by "red media" and "redstream", and is believed to be the successor company of Russia-connected "redfish", which was closed in the first round of sanctions against Russia when they invaded Ukraine.

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

As we can see in the opening paragraph of the letter they received and published, the stated reason for the sanctions is alleged ties to Russia

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 25

Journalist Hüseyin Dogru claims to have been sanctioned by the EU for their pro-Palestine journalism.
That is simply not true. Let's talk about it. 🧵

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 12

We're going live in 2 hours for a panel discussion on transnational repression with activist Ozi Ozar and journalist @arzugeybulla.bsky.social, following up on our award-winning documentary "How Iran targets activists everywhere" youtube.com/live/q48eYa6...

Transnational Repression panel discussion: follow-up on "How Iran targets activists everywhere"

YouTube video by Barely Infodumps

youtube.com

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · May 2

GERMAN FAR RIGHT PARTY AfD OFFIALLY DECLARED EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION!!! www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/p...

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 26

We won a documentary award last year for this video on Iranian activist @danielasepehri.bsky.social (among many others) being targeted in Germany by Iran youtu.be/PsGzWWf-0gk

How Iran targets activists in Europe and elsewhere

YouTube video by Barely Informed

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 26

Trump is now arresting judges and deporting US citizens. This is the bad timeline. w/@roterote.bsky.social

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 17

The AfD has many confirmed extremist branches
#politics #afd #germany #höcke #aliceweidel #maxkrah

Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 11

A "troll" that is only used by Nazis isn't a troll anymore, genius

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 10

can't say no to that! thanks!

President Zeus @presidentzeus.bsky.social · Apr 10

My new favourite channel on YouTube

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 10

"Björn Höcke is a Nazi" is not defamation according to German courts
#afd #germany #bjornhocke #bjoernhoecke #aliceweidel #politics #fyp

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 9

What are dog whistles and how does the AfD use them?
#politics #afd #germany #maximiliankrah #maxkrah #jonasduenzel #aliceweidel #bjornhocke #bjoernhoecke #fyp

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 9

How the AfD dogwhistles in their campaign ads
#politics #germany #afd #aliceweidel #bjornhocke #hocke #weidel #dogwhistle #farright #fyp

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Barely Info @barelyinfo.bsky.social · Apr 9

Immigration fearmongering is blown way out of proportion, and it's used to justify fascist rhetoric
#politics #migrants #migration #remigration #germany #refugees #fyp

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