Drawing on a stock of at least 3.5 million automated accounts, each sold many times over, a company named Devumi has provided clients with more than 200 million Twitter followers, a New York Times investigation found http://nyti.ms/2By9MQy pic.twitter.com/9ypaStXrAh
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The fake accounts that most resemble real people reveal a kind of mass social identity theft. At least 55,000 of the accounts use the names, profile pictures, hometowns and other personal details of real Twitter users, including minors.http://nyti.ms/2By9MQy
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That would have devastating results for all parties involved. "Influencers" would stop making money, and social media empires would lose a good chunk of their advertising money. Who knows? It just might be the reset we need.
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Yep, failing to see a negative here.
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Twitter's stock price & ad buys profit from any parties who decide to misuse their platform. Twitter looks away & counts their money. They've already made history. Perhaps not the kind they wished to. Twitter's testimony before the Senate Intel committee showed their priorities.
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Yup, because the bottomline is always money money money.
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It’s quite clear from our total number of followers that we haven’t bought any.

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Sorry Jay-Z We are allowed to be white
https://twitter.com/Timothy_Mestas/status/957649420757225472?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E0 …This Tweet is unavailable.
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We've got to get younger ppl into Washington. Most are average age of 70 yrs old and don't have a clue abt the internet. We need legislation to stop this.
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We got everything going wrong now, there's only right direction left now.
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Almost everything is going right in the US, largely because the checks and balances in the federal system make it so hard to pass legislation. It's a wonderful country and you should be proud of it.
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Sure is, so great that we can criticize & move it in the direction that's best for all.
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Yes. Well, there is rarely one direction that is best for all. You need to compromise. When you forget that you end up with North Korea.
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Instead of all I should have said majority. On this issue here ppl's identities are getting stolen, ppl are being trolled by professionals, etc. It's good for the businesses but not citizens. I always come down on the side of the ppl, and they're the majority.
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That ratio translates to probably somewhere between $150k-$200k worth of fake followers, but he more than likely got a great discount which was paid out in rubles.
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