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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout those rogue US government twitter accounts...
OK, so, I'm guilty as charged in this article.
As the first full week of the Trump administration draws to a close, many anti-Trump Twitter users have been heartened by the rise of a group of more than 50 (according to CNN) rogue Twitter accounts supposedly affiliated with U.S. government employees. These employees, the story goes, have been disgruntled by moves the administration has made to tamp down on these agencys abilities to spread their messages particularly messages having to do with subjects like climate changes and have taken to Twitter to resist Trumps authoritarianism.
As a result, some of these accounts have quickly amassed huge followings 1.25 million for the most famous one, @AltNatParkSer. But at the moment, according to multiple news stories about the accounts, no one really knows who is behind them, since it doesnt appear anyone has verified the identities of the Tweeters. Therefore, Anti-Trumpers who spread them are engaging in the exact same sort of motivated, credulous sharing that fuels the dissemination of all sorts of crazy internet rumors, including those which targeted Hillary Clinton during the campaign.
As a result, some of these accounts have quickly amassed huge followings 1.25 million for the most famous one, @AltNatParkSer. But at the moment, according to multiple news stories about the accounts, no one really knows who is behind them, since it doesnt appear anyone has verified the identities of the Tweeters. Therefore, Anti-Trumpers who spread them are engaging in the exact same sort of motivated, credulous sharing that fuels the dissemination of all sorts of crazy internet rumors, including those which targeted Hillary Clinton during the campaign.
I don't know, I agree that we don't want to legitimize fake news, but I might agree more with the first commenter than the article's author:
bareshark1975 1 day ago
Well, if anyone is actually that damn scared about being played, here's an idea: go out and actually VERIFY the facts being spread with actual scientists on respectable websites. It's a good idea anyway and you might just learn some more than you would have. In the meantime, F*** humility.
Well, if anyone is actually that damn scared about being played, here's an idea: go out and actually VERIFY the facts being spread with actual scientists on respectable websites. It's a good idea anyway and you might just learn some more than you would have. In the meantime, F*** humility.
Here's a list of the accounts in question.
A couple examples:
AltUSDA ?@altusda
Scientists to Trump: Torture doesnt work http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/scientists-trump-torture-doesn-t-work
#resist
Link to tweet
Small farmers win 8-year fight against National Chicken Council, then Trump takes over and blocks USDA rule change
Link to tweet
AltBadlandsNatPark ?@AltBadlandsPark
Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and warm the planet. #climatefacts
Link to tweet
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About those rogue US government twitter accounts... (Original Post)
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2017
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msongs
(67,395 posts)1. "link to twitter" and stuff like this is pretty much taking over DU these days
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)2. Stuff like what, exactly?