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FSogol

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10. They have the assistance of a Pro-Saudi Twitter bot:

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 12:16 PM

Oct 2018

Twitter kills pro-Saudi “botnet” spreading Khashoggi disinformation tweets

Twitter today pulled down a disinfo bot network that was amplifying pro-Saudi talking points about disappeared journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is presumed to have been tortured and killed on orders of the government of Saudi Arabia.

NBC reports that Twitter became aware of the crisis Thursday, when an NBC News reporter presented the social media firm with “evidence of coordinated activity” in the form of “a spreadsheet of hundreds of accounts that tweeted and retweeted the same pro-Saudi government tweets at the same time.”

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Conservatives mount a whisper campaign smearing Khashoggi in defense of Trump [View all] BeckyDem Oct 2018 OP

Trump Jr. is big into this crap Botany Oct 2018 #1

Figures. Like his father, he has no moral center. It doesn't exist. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #2

And Kusher might have helped in "giving up" Khashoggi to the crown prince of S.A. too. Botany Oct 2018 #6

That's not surprising at all. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

We did see it during the campaign, true. You're right, where BeckyDem Oct 2018 #4

His attacks on journalists have been a feature of his MineralMan Oct 2018 #5

I believe there is good reason to expect that. The more Trump feels threatened that he may lose 2020 BeckyDem Oct 2018 #8

Conservatives are showing themselves to be despicable human beings. scheming daemons Oct 2018 #7

Yes, there is no bottom.That is the worry imo. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #9

They have the assistance of a Pro-Saudi Twitter bot: FSogol Oct 2018 #10

Look at that, damn them. Thanks for pointing it out. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #11

Whenever you ask how low the Republicans can go Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #12

+1 That is the danger we are in. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #13