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7. Why would a parody acct that has less than 50 followers have thousands of like after only an hour?

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 08:32 AM

Jan 2020

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The World War 3 trending on twitter thing - I'm noticing something very strange... [View all] Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP

That's Russian propaganda. Note Trump as Pepe the Frog. yardwork Jan 2020 #1

Some of them are very funny Renew Deal Jan 2020 #2

I think you're right. FWIW you can report suspected bot activity... WePurrsevere Jan 2020 #3

Glad I dropped social media for 2020. This is so fucked up. ancianita Jan 2020 #5

According to the bio, it's a parody account.. Princess Turandot Jan 2020 #6

Okay, seeing new trending around the word "elist" - same patterns: Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #8

XBox warriors and propaganda bots pecosbob Jan 2020 #9

This is definitely propaganda bots Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #11

I think what surprised me was how overt, how brazen the attempt was. Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #12