https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/02/26/depp-v-heard-who-trolled-amber/
“ In Chen’s opinion, more than 50 per cent of the tweets in the database came from inauthentic accounts. If that’s right, it means that bots and trolls played a significant role in driving online hate against Amber.”
“ The Saudi connection. During the investigation we found a particularly interesting set of pro-Depp accounts. On the surface, they look exactly like accounts run by genuine Johnny Depp fans, tweeting about him up to 20 times a day. They also attack Amber Heard, calling her a liar and “disgusting”.
Today, these accounts only tweet in English. But we found hundreds of other deleted messages, all in Arabic. None of them mention Depp or any other celebrity. Instead, most praise the Saudi regime or its authoritarian ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
Johnny Depp has been seen recently with MBS, and Saudi money is financing two of his upcoming movies. I personally don’t think many if any bots are on DCUM, but I do think a lot of real people absorb the bot hate messages on Twitter and then start parroting their views.