Courtesy of Raw Story:Looks like the fake @protrump45 account @realDonaldTrump thanked has been suspended along with a bunch of other related fake accounts http://pic.twitter.com/4k26boKl2j— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) August 7, 2017
Twitter suspended a number of fake accounts over the weekend that were using false names to spread pro-Trump propaganda.
In a tweet on Saturday, President Donald Trump expressed thanks to Twitter user @Protrump45, an account that posted exclusively positive memes about the president. But the woman whose name was linked to the account told Heavy that her identity was stolen and that she planned to file a police report.
The victim asserted that her identity was used to sell pro-Trump merchandise. The @Protrump45 account also linked to the website Protrump45.com which specialized in Trump propaganda. All of the articles on the website were posted by other Twitter users, which also turned out to be fakes.
Mashable noted that the accounts were suspected of being so-called “bots” used to spread propaganda about Trump. Russia has been accused of using similar tactics with bots during the 2016 campaign.
Apparently they went ahead and deleted essentially ALL of the accounts associated with Protrump45.com website.
Well good for Twitter!
Kind of interesting that while Trump is constantly labeling legitimate news sources as "fake news," that the real fake news seems to be coming from sources that are pushing positive news about him.
Which of course falls right in line with the Republican's habit of accusing others of doing the very things of which they themselves are guilty.
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