Posted on Oct 14, 2020
Twitter suspends accounts claiming to be black Trump supporters
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Twitter has suspended a number of fake accounts purporting to be owned by black supporters of US President Donald Trump.
The social media giant said the accounts broke its rules on spam and platform manipulation.
Many of the accounts used identical language, including the phrase: "YES IM BLACK AND IM VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!"
Twitter has not specified the number of accounts suspended so far or the source of them.
It said it was continuing to investigate the activity and may suspend additional accounts if they were found to be violating its policies.
The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post newspaper.
Darren Linvill, a social media disinformation researcher at Clemson University, found more than two dozen such accounts, which had generated some 265,000 retweets or Twitter mentions.
Twitter has suspended a number of fake accounts purporting to be owned by black supporters of US President Donald Trump.
The social media giant said the accounts broke its rules on spam and platform manipulation.
Many of the accounts used identical language, including the phrase: "YES IM BLACK AND IM VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!"
Twitter has not specified the number of accounts suspended so far or the source of them.
It said it was continuing to investigate the activity and may suspend additional accounts if they were found to be violating its policies.
The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post newspaper.
Darren Linvill, a social media disinformation researcher at Clemson University, found more than two dozen such accounts, which had generated some 265,000 retweets or Twitter mentions.
Twitter suspends accounts claiming to be black Trump supporters
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Maj Kim Patterson Most of Social Media was Born Out of the Technology and Forms used by Military Folks during the 70's and 80's. Twitter with it's Short Format is the Old Intelligence Ticcs We used to Send. Yeah I worked on the MILNET/ARPANET Project which was the Transition from the Military to the Civilian World. The Military wanted a "New" Network that was Truly User Friendly and the Colleges Jumped and Said They'd do it as Long as a Mirror Network was Created at the Same Time. That's Where We are Now. Being I was Part of this Of Course I'm On Several Social Media Forums. Here, FB, Twitter, Pinterest. I was on Google Plus until they Shut it Down.
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