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    1. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jan 27

      Inside social media’s black market: Celebrities, athletes and politicians are buying millions of fake followers, while social media companies struggle to respondhttp://nyti.ms/2By9MQy 

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      The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jan 27

      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

      8:33 AM - 27 Jan 2018
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      • (GO 🐧🐧🐧🐧 GO) * Tara #DemForce * girma Safiyah Noor LMichelle72 VIRGINIA BURGOS Carla Miramar FL Andre Rucker
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        1. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jan 27

          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 

          75 replies 895 retweets 1,022 likes
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        2. Nikki‏ @jrpaws Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          Half of our #FakePresident followers are #fake. Just like him. #trump

          1 reply 2 retweets 17 likes
        3. Valar-morghulish‏ @isma2k9 Jan 27
          Replying to @jrpaws @nytimes

          Must of them are Russian Bots anyways

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        2. Jumoke Akinniranye‏ @JAkinniranye Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          Evidence of the fake world we all live in!

          1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
        3. Paul McClintock‏ @paulmcclintock Jan 27
          Replying to @JAkinniranye @nytimes

          ■■■■■■■ ■■ BELIEVE NOTHING THAT YOU HEAR, ONLY "HALF" OF WHAT YOU SEE ! ■■

          0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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        1. M҉a҉d҉d҉i҉ ҉H҉a҉u҉s҉m҉a҉n҉n҉‏ @madhaus Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          This is an excellent bit of reporting that didn't just bury the lede, it nuked it. Donald Trump has clearly obtained followers in bulk & more than half of them are fake. Retweet patterns also show a large number of bots. Do your job @nytimes and stop comforting the comfortable.

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        1. blue  🌊 rant  🌊‏ @web_rant Jan 27
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          blue  🌊 rant  🌊 Retweeted The New York Times

          "Automated accounts" - round here we call them bots. Russian ones are usually obvious approximations but the identity theft ones are doppelgangers for dollars.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/957290414129676288 …

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          The New York TimesVerified account @nytimes
          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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        2. Ramachka‏ @Adola93adola93 Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          Amazingpic.twitter.com/2qRtm3M4Pw

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        3. MH Rudolph‏ @by_mhrudolph Jan 27
          Replying to @Adola93adola93 @nytimes

          No one finds it troubling that someone video'd all of this without helping either dog. Heartless manipulation.

          2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        1. Bill Blair‏ @BillWsblair Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          Yeah, capitalism. Greed trumps ethics every single f***ing time. Wearing me out over here, Boss.

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        1. FreelanceOpportunist 🇭🇲‏ @FreeOpportunist Jan 27
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          Famous people pay for fake twitter followers?pic.twitter.com/izCkciHEES

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        2. PaRaSerYoMismo‏ @PaRaSerYo Feb 6
          Replying to @nytimes

          El Turispam Negro https://www.google.es/amp/s/sobrehistoria.com/el-crack-del-29-preludio-del-martes-negro/amp/ …pic.twitter.com/hz4CqtoP4r

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        3. PaRaSerYoMismo‏ @PaRaSerYo Feb 6
          Replying to @PaRaSerYo @nytimes

          The man who Sold the World. VENDO A LO MUMMY El hombre que vendió al Mundo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcDxoVbEdZw …pic.twitter.com/2hp2rNGB81

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        2. Mighty Mouse  🌫️‏ @MightyMouseMe Jan 27
          Replying to @nytimes

          isn't the last one John Leguizamo?

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        3. Female Tandy‏ @beca_roni666 Jan 27
          Replying to @MightyMouseMe @nytimes

          Yeah, he has paid followers. It might be his agency tho. Scary how they take your personal details & replicate you.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1.  ❌Fed-Up w/Globalist & Their Sheep ❌‏ @RHONDA_USA Jan 29
          Replying to @nytimes

          Should be illegal, but I imagine it’s a moral issue to lie?

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        1. HoldThemAccountable‏ @WendyKrause5 Jan 28
          Replying to @nytimes @Cyndee00663219

          This should be illegal

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        1. Brian Mitchell‏ @brnmtchll Jan 27
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          “By some calculations, as many as 48 million of Twitter’s reported active users — nearly 15 percent — are automated accounts. Facebook disclosed up to 60 million automated accounts.”

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