Report on how FireMcMaster spread, w/its faults (I'll come back to) shows hashtag came from far right, NOT RU. https://medium.com/@DFRLab/firemcmaster-explained-9e9018e507c2 …
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Replying to @emptywheel
Is it possible that Vlad Putin is telling deranged right wingers to espouse racist conspiracies they've espoused for years? Sure. Or...
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Replying to @emptywheel
In any case, many many many people used The Gizmo to claim that Russia spread that hashtag. This report points to Breitbart, not RU.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Is the argument that Russia started it or that this what Russian bots want to promote. Clint Watts said the latter.
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Replying to @sickathehighhat
Clint Watts said the latter after letting NYT run with the former. But why should we blame bots when 100K US twitter accounts started it?
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Replying to @emptywheel @sickathehighhat
Sorry: 100K follower twitter accounts.
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