Matthew Smith

@matthewfsmith · joined 07 May 2009

Founder & CEO @FortifyRights. We investigate human rights violations, engage people w/ power, & strengthen HRDs. Fellow at Harvard's @CarrCenter '19-20.

90 930Followers

2 795Following

19 762Posts total

17.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith11 Sep

@matthewfsmith @FortifyRights Reginal instability compelled Cambodia not to do so, if Thailand, the current entity that Cambodia is at odd with welcome a local key player with a red carpet, how can Cambodia not do the same to keep Myanmar from favoring Thailand over Cambodia? 43 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith10 Sep

@matthewfsmith @FortifyRights Yes, the genocider and the war crimes shouldn't be tolerate 40 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith9 Sep

Cambodia should not provide Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing with a state welcome and should fully comply with its obligations as a member of the ICC, including executing any lawful ICC request for his arrest and surrender, @FortifyRights said today. https://t.co/MHdyHiYTeN 5.1K views · 31 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith7 Sep

In response to govts, civil society, & news agencies marking Rohingya Genocide Day, the Myanmar junta doubled down on its denial that Rohingya exist. 9 years after the genocide, the perpetrators still deny the identity of their victims—further evidence of their genocidal posture. 1.1K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith5 Sep

https://t.co/S7RvEPUwOL 2K views · 12 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith1 Sep

Russia’s complicity in atrocities in Myanmar is deepening. New @FortifyRights investigation documents junta forces killing civilians & aid workers, torturing detainees, burning villages, displacing thousands around Russian-backed Dawei SEZ. Read more here https://t.co/p6fVwuf6nJ 1.5K views · 47 likes · 23 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith28 Aug

Andrew Carnegie used his fortune to help build the Peace Palace, believing int’l law could replace violence. Elon Musk helped dismantle USAID as the U.S. attacks international justice. Meanwhile, Rohingya await a historic ICJ genocide ruling. My latest: https://t.co/pxvd9A3mDV 1.6K views · 51 likes · 25 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith20 Jul 2025

@matthewfsmith @nytimes @ACLU This is a foreign policy decision and the executive branch has sole power in this area. If a foreign country threatens the US and the US takes out the leader, that is not a free speech issue the is a foreign policy decision. As far as human rights, t 16 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith20 Jul 2025

@matthewfsmith @nytimes @ACLU The one attacking global justice is the ICC, which works on behalf of the left. Also, saying that Trump`s administration is against the rule of law is one of those BS where the rule of law is only the one that the left wants. 18 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith6 Jun 2025

@matthewfsmith @nytimes @ACLU Bravo! 63 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matthew Smith@matthewfsmith6 Jun 2025

Here is my essay in @nytimes on why I’m suing the Trump admin. The admin’s sanctions against the ICC are an attack on global justice and the rule of law. This isn’t just policy—it’s a dangerous overreach that violates our First Amendment rights. @ACLU https://t.co/9MOLoqdSRF 5.9K views · 70 likes · 22 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 509this account1 020median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.66%this account4.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.73%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 509	1 020	1.48×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.66%	4.00%	0.41×
Engagement rate	0.73%	1.55%	0.47×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

5.9K6 Jun

1820 Jul

1.6K28 Aug

1.5K1 Sep

2K5 Sep

1.1K7 Sep

5.1K9 Sep

4010 Sep

4311 Sep

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.74%6 Jun

1.59%

5.56%20 Jul

0.00%

4.80%28 Aug

4.84%1 Sep

2.00%5 Sep

0.09%7 Sep

0.73%9 Sep

0.00%10 Sep

0.00%11 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes61.8%214 in total

Reposts23.7%82 in total

Replies6.1%21 in total

Quotes4.9%17 in total

Bookmarks3.5%12 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.