Has 45 received one (or more) ? #askingforafriend
Russia-linked bots were part of massive disinformation campaign to sow chaos and division in the U.S. There's a method to the madness in who they target, boost, and discredit. And here we are today.https://slate.com/technology/2018/01/twitter-admits-there-were-more-than-50-000-russian-bots-confusing-u-s-voters-in-2016.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_ru …
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Confirmation bias is a powerful tool to convince people to slide gradually away from their sensible beliefs into more and more radical positions. Biggest threat to self-government is foreign influence in our online 'public squares.'
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I think they warmed up on Brian Williams. Remember when he was drummed out of NBC because of misconstrued pronouns? I will bet a large percentage of the earlier posts about it were from Russians.
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I've def interacted with plenty, always ended up with reports and blocks.
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What do they plan to do to prevent this in the future?
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I got the notice about interacting with the Russians-they didn't even offer me a shot of Stoli cheap Putin loving SOB'spic.twitter.com/xCKO2aY5Xb
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You happened to have the wrong shade of skin for them, but I doubt Trump will have you over to his place for drinks either.
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while over half of trumps followers are fake! It’s all about the share price.
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Right. Last time I looked for info on this, Donald's participation on was estimated to account for 20% of Twitter's market value.https://mobile.twitter.com/TSubtext/status/917452624982450176 …
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"There a method in who they target" Exactly. As
@RidT points out, attacks are opportunistic. We create opportunities when we engage in uncivil discourse. We need platform design that discourages information warfare AND we must examine our susceptibility. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/apr/04/four-things-know-about-russias-2016-misinformation/ …pic.twitter.com/yehORdFiUF
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