The targeted smear campaign against Messi on twitter
Blatant lies and misleading claims about Messi are racking up hundreds of thousands of likes on Twitter, while replies using the same clips with frame-by-frame analysis, zoomed footage, and added context to debunk those claims are getting copyright struck while the original posts remain up. Bot driven engagement, fake quotes and anti Argentina propaganda is just getting out of hand.
How does the original misinformation stay up while the debunks get removed?
This is a clear paid campaign against Messi, where big accounts who don't even follow football are suddenly pushing Messi hate posts which are fabricated lies, they are not even hiding it anymore.
https://x.com/i/status/2073386092003262610 (visit for more details)
https://x.com/i/status/2073486077004841320
(Apparently a PR agency reached out to several major accounts offering paid campaigns to push anti Argentina narrative)
Meanwhile, Modric publicly called out the referee after Portugal vs Croatia, yet that has received a fraction of the attention compared to the narratives being pushed about Messi.