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Rabat – Algerian regime mouthpieces are again resorting to social media to fuel their Morocco-bashing campaigns.
Unsurprisingly, this time Algeria’s regime online trolls revived their fraud and disinformation machine, especially after US President Donald Trump’s recent strong-worded statement reaffirming support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
The Algerian regime’s fraud machine went so far as to fabricate official statements from the US State Department and the White House.
In the past few days, Algeria’s regime mouthpieces on social media fabricated a statement from the US State Department, inventing a fake name to claim that the message received by King Mohammed VI from Trump was allegedly false.
Algeria’s online trolls, however, failed to forge the document, leaving behind glaring typos and inconsistencies that no State Department release would contain.
Looking closer at the forged document, the fake release reveals serious errors, with a forged signature as well as blatant linguistic errors like “Amrica” instead of America.”
The errors took minimal fact-checking, which was swiftly carried out by Moroccan social media, which caught Algeria’s mouthpieces red-handed.
The recent situation marks a pattern of disinformation tactics that the Algerian regime uses in an attempt to undermine Morocco’s interests, especially as Rabat continues to gain momentum in the Sahara dossier.
Over 115 countries are on a growing list that explicitly support Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a serious and credible political solution, or the only or most political framework able to end the dispute over Western Sahara.
This momentum leaves Algeria’s regime lobbying attempts and advocacy for separatism and Polisario’s “self-determination” narrative isolated within the international community.
This is not the first time that Algeria’s regime fabricated a release from the US State Department.
In July, the Algerian presidency, Algeria’s regime mouthpiece press, as well as the state media, fabricated a letter from Trump.
Algeria’s affiliated media claimed the US president had praised a “lasting” partnership and expressed hope for flourishing ties between the two countries.
However, some critics exposed the regime’s attempt, noting that Trump has indeed sent a letter to Tebboune. Unlike the claims reported by Algeria’s regime, the letter sought to inform Tebboune about the 30% tariffs on Algeria.
The Algerian latest disinformation attempts come as the regime continues to turn a deaf ear to a direct opportunity to end tensions with Morocco.
In his speech on Throne Day on Tuesday, King Mohammed VI reiterated Rabat’s readiness to open a bridge of dialogue and discussion, stressing the importance of good neighborly relations to address regional challenges.
Yet, as on many occasions, Algeria’s regime responded with silence. However, many regional and international officials emphasized the significance of the King’s appeal.
