Vanessa Beeley

Vanessa Beeley (born 1963/1964[1]) is a British activist and blogger[2][3][4] known for sharing conspiracy theories[5] and disinformation[2][6] about the Syrian civil war and about the Syrian volunteer organisation the White Helmets.[3][5][7][6][8]

  1. ^ Bachner, Michael (August 22, 2018) "UK Labour MP slammed for praising anti-Semitic pro-Assad conspiracist" Archived 21 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Times of Israel.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Assad Supporters Plan to Put the 'Media on Trial' for Doing Journalism in Syria". Snopes.com. May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ Wilson, Tom; Starbird, Kate (14 January 2020). "Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: lessons learned and next steps". Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 1 (1). doi:10.37016/mr-2020-002.
  5. ^ a b "White Helmets 'staging fake attacks' in Syria? We sort fact from fiction". The France 24 Observers. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b York, Chris (7 December 2019). "'Conspiracy Theorist' Vanessa Beeley Faces Backlash As Universities Cancel Her 'Journalism' Talks". uk.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ "The online activists pushing Syria conspiracy theories". BBC News. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. ^ "The 'crazy club': Inside the British propaganda trips that seek to legitimise Assad's barbarism". The National. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.