Stephanie wanted to warn people in America - where she was born, according to her bio - not to trust the BBC. Then today I checked in on her again and noticed something different...pic.twitter.com/9Bq2dzbfAb
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Stephanie wanted to warn people in America - where she was born, according to her bio - not to trust the BBC. Then today I checked in on her again and noticed something different...pic.twitter.com/9Bq2dzbfAb
Stephanie had become a tall, blonde, 30 something Belarusian. The spitting image of tennis star Victoria Azarenka! Stephanie had also become a Black Lives Matter supporter.pic.twitter.com/UH0evFC89o
Apart from changing her human form, Steph was making time to amplify other pro-China voices.pic.twitter.com/Ob8AX6qten
Steph's now busy sharing racist, anti-Korean memes hashtagged 'US troops stationed in SKorea' and claims she's unearthed a concentration camp in Kentucky, which is also where, she assures you, Covid-19 originated.pic.twitter.com/p04GHNkW8q
The bot's first victim appears to be American born and raised singer Carly Beth. When called out by one of Carly's followers it mounted a convincing defence, though ultimately failed the Turing Test when asked why Carly was acting like a wumao.pic.twitter.com/RGEfv3OG76
For anyone confused by this: neither the singer or the tennis player have anything to do with PRC propaganda. Read this AP story to learn how the PRC uses an army of fake twitter accounts.https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-china-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-62b13895aa6665ae4d887dcc8d196dfc …
The many lives of Stephanie.
Her name is Carly Beth.
Thanks for tweeting this, Matt.
Wait but did they get a real westerner to sing Chinese songs for propaganda?
It looks like Carly Beth is a real American singer who has recorded some songs in Chinese (and Hindi, apparently) online.
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