Twitter suspends 70 pro-Michael Bloomberg accounts for 'platform manipulation'

[LiberalArkie]

Twitter announced Friday that it would suspend 70 accounts that posted content in support of Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

“We have taken enforcement action on a group of accounts for violating our rules against platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Verge.

The dozens of accounts suspensions handed down by Twitter Friday focus on pro-Bloomberg posts pushing out identical messages. According to the Times, some tweets included “A President is Born: Barbra Streisand sings Mike’s praises,” as part of the body of the message. It is in violation of Twitter’s rules to “artificially amplify or disrupt conversation through the use of multiple accounts” or compensating people to boost messages, “even if the people involved use only one account.”

Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and late-comer to the 2020 Democratic primary, has paid for a tsunami of ads on television and social media, spending over $1 million-a-day on Facebook alone. Some have been more traditionally placed through ad tools provided by Facebook and Google, but the Bloomberg campaign has also ventured into paying individual people and influencers for sponsored posts.

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https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/22/21148516/twitter-suspends-mike-bloomberg-facebook-google-platform-manipulation

[Progressive2020]

1. Terrible

Bloomberg and his people are trying to buy the election rather than going through normal democratic processes. At least Bloomberg is open about trying the steal the election. The Russians are doing it covertly, while Mike and his Minions are doing it out in the open. Anyway, Bloomberg is my last choice out of all of the Democratic contenders. Stay home, Mike! You are not wanted...

[mgcgulfcoast]

2. You have to wonder about all sites on the internet

Who is being paid to divide the democratic party and pretend to support Bloomberg?

[LiberalArkie]

3. The rich only want to make sure one of them is president

[mgcgulfcoast]

4. Well said.

[Progressive2020]

5. Word Is

Word is that Bloomberg is literally paying people to go online and spread pro-Bloomberg propaganda. I guess that this is the New Frontier in American Politics- Trolls on the Internet, and sometimes paid Trolls at that. Bloomberg and the Russians are doing the same things, albeit with different motivations and goals. Bloomberg wants to get himself elected, and the Russians want to see their puppet/stooge Trump get re-elected.