But the message Twitter is being paid to promote and spread is clear: Qatar is an unsuitable host of the 2022 World Cup. But the Twitter users who received the posts accusing Qatar of supporting extremism alongside images of World Cup preparations are offered no indication of the authors. A promoted tweet claims there are “projections of 4,000 dead workers,” as Qatar hosts the World Cup. SAPRAC’s television and online ads include those targeting Qatar for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. One of the Twitter accounts in question, QatarExposed, also retweeted material by The Qatar Insider, a website run by SAPRAC.

Source: Egypt Independent October 31, 2017 18:33 UTC