Sunday, January 21, 2018

Twitter to suspend 1,062 accounts linked to Russian troll farm.

Courtesy of The Hill: 

Twitter said Friday that it has suspended 1,062 new accounts it has found to be linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" which disseminated content intended to interfere in the U.S. political process. 

In total, the company has found 3,814 Internet Research Agency-linked accounts, which posted 175,993 tweets during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

Twitter said it also found 13,512 new Kremlin-linked bot accounts, bringing the total number of bots it has found in connection to Russia's election influence efforts to 50,258. 

The company also said in a post on Friday that it will notify 677,775 people to let them know that they either liked, retweeted or followed Russian-linked accounts, following a request from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to do so. 

Twitter noted, however, that it won’t show users the content they saw, saying that because it has “already suspended these accounts, the relevant content on Twitter is no longer publicly available.”

"The relevant content on Twitter is no longer publicly available."

What they don't mention is that it is being replaced by new data, from new Russian troll accounts, that are yet to be identified. 

The misinformation campaign continues to this day, and still people are ignorantly retweeting  or liking tweets that originate in Russia and are designed to manipulate public opinion or sow the seeds of divisiveness.

Both Twitter and Facebook played a huge part in helping to hijack our Democracy. And they need to be held accountable.

14 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:07 AM

    Dump Twitter and Facebook all together.

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    1. Dump Facebook oh yes I did, but Twitter is at least trying and it's a battleground worth an engagement.

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  2. It's about bloody time they did something!

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  3. Anonymous4:34 AM

    yep. ol zuckerbot, twitbot and crooked repeat huckleferry will be held accountable indeed. They will not skate away with hoofs up. Guaranteed.

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  4. Anonymous5:17 AM

    And so CBS Sunday Morning Show, where eric trumpys wifey works and claims don will be the greatest prez in history, good old jane pauly repeated the tweet of twitdon@faketrumptwit spinning the women's march. Not good for cbs.

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  5. Anonymous6:20 AM

    If it’s right wing propaganda, it’s from Russia.

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  6. Anonymous6:34 AM

    Women are running for office at increased numbers since trump took office. They’ve also been being more proactive in politics since 08 when they witnessed the brutal and sexist treatment of a woman and children when it was completely uncalled for. There is a difference between wondering if someone is an appropriate pick and outright verbally abusing and slandering her. Though if the attackers didn’t right, they would’ve had to question years worth of Biden’s ignorant statements and Obama’s lack of credentials. It really does seem all the left has is hypocrisy, libel and personal attack’s. When a 9 year old (Tripp) understands that his family has been brutally treated for no reason and even before he was told some of the stories regarding media abuse, it’s even sadder liberals don’t.

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    1. Anonymous7:54 AM

      For no reason?? Oh, boo Hoo HOO, little Palin troll, still butt hurt that America not only said "no," but "HELL NO," to the tribe of uneducated, lying, thieving thugs?

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    2. Anonymous7:58 AM

      Oh, you poor CHILD, 6:34 AM.
      Get your binky and blanket, it's nap time!

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    3. Anonymous8:17 AM

      It’s called reporting, not abuse, they wanted the fame and they got it in spades. Very telling when even “your” low life Hollywood said no thanks. Lord knows that they gave them every opportunity and they jumped at it. Who are you trying to convince? Yourself?

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    4. Anonymous10:41 AM

      #PollPower
      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cmno82MWYAAuzoU.jpg


      The largest Women's March in history - Epic - Austin Texas
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMol8cbRL4


      Did you see Austin's Bristol Palin? She is quiet the activist.

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    5. You lost me after your first sentence, Briskett.

      Go back to pee in your own pond.

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  7. Anonymous8:17 AM

    Everywhere people break rules laws, electricians badly wire houses, on and on. People take risks. Then trump should remind himself the risks he took with all the money laundering...prison, frozen ALL assets.

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  8. It should be easy to identify all of the accounts. Just look for #releasethememo.

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