Twitter to tell 677,775 people they interacted with Kremlin-linked trolls
Source: CNN
Twitter will inform nearly 700,000 people in the U.S. that they either followed a Kremlin-linked troll account, or retweeted or liked a tweet sent by one of the accounts, the social media company said Friday.
The company last year identified thousands of Twitter accounts associated with the Internet Research Agency, a Russian government-linked troll army in St. Petersburg that worked to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and to promote chaos and division in American society more generally.
"Consistent with our commitment to transparency, we are emailing notifications to 677,775 people in the United States who followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked a Tweet from these accounts during the election period," Twitter said in a blog post announcing the move.
Twitter initially said it had found 200 accounts linked to the group. Then it told Congress last fall that it had identified 2,752 accounts linked to the group. On Friday, Twitter said it had since identified an additional 1,062 accounts, bringing the total to 3,814. The accounts together sent more than 175,000 tweets, the company said.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/19/media/twitter-internet-research-agency-accounts/index.html
RandySF
(57,659 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)especially since the Russian troll infiltration got media attention today before Twitter's move.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)The Twitter accounts were then gone.
Everyone be vigilant with these shithole trolls
greyl
(22,990 posts)Feels good afterward to get the Twitter notification like: "Thanks again for letting us know. Our investigation found this account in violation of the Twitter Rules: MAGAdolph-KekMagician" or some such.
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)They're like mushroom spores, not because they grow and thrive in a medium of shit and dirt, but because they'll keep popping up even when the original is long gone. You can't wipe them out. A new IP address and they're back in business. Twitter and Facebook can't keep them from spreading. All they can do is uproot the offenders well after their poisonous payload has been disseminated. Like closing the barn door after all the horses have escaped. Too little, too late.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)I think there are less than there were.
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)they are only a member for 4 months, (Sept 2017 joined) and already have 1,176 followers. Unless you are a celebrity there is something strange about all those followers in such a short time. (Although I admit I don't know if there are actual ways to get a large following in such a short period)
They are always pro-Trump and most of the time, the ones I see state on their page that they are Pro-Trump. I think that people who make up phony accounts get all the accounts to follow one another and that is how they get the high follower numbers.
https://twitter.com/TheEternalAbys
(Here is me if you want to follow. I'll follow you back.
Pennee Designs
@PenneeDesigns
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)pecosbob
(7,511 posts)They're all atwitter with this House Report 'bombshell' smoke screen they're weaving.
greyl
(22,990 posts)#TrumpShutdown
#GOPShutdown
Art of the Deal (in a bad way)
#GovtShutdown
CSPAN
and Schumer
are the only shutdown related trends I'm seeing.
Maybe Twitter will be giving you one of those notifications.
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)If they pose as conservatives, it stands to reason they would pose as liberals.