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    Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

    NEW + exclusive: Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter sayshttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …

    4:09 PM - 27 Aug 2020
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    222 replies 4,219 retweets 6,319 likes
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      2. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        Pro-Trump Twitter accounts posing as African Americans claimed they were Democrats until a month ago. Several of these posts had over 10,000 retweets. Turns out their profile pictures were a stock photo and a Dutch model who had nothing to do with it.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …

        62 replies 1,506 retweets 2,528 likes
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      3. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        Here's @KRON619, an African-American who was brand new to the Trump train. He's been a "Dem my whole life" until "I finally saw their racism." Over 12,000 retweets. Turns out he's a stock photo. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …pic.twitter.com/iPOjDuizvM

        45 replies 838 retweets 1,575 likes
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      4. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        Here's @WentDemToRep, an African-American who has "been a Democrat my whole life" and "will be registering a Republican. 13k retweets. His profile picture is a Dutch model who "called his mom because I was stressing out" over having his identity stolen. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …pic.twitter.com/CAf8m4LTE2

        17 replies 414 retweets 910 likes
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      5. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        The fake African-American accounts @Kron619 and @WentDemToRep had their accounts suspended for "spam and platform manipulation" at the same time as @PeterGammo. Peter's a real guy who said he doesn't have anything to do with the accounts then hung up.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …

        9 replies 293 retweets 652 likes
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      6. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        Kron619 was dormant since 2015. It reappeared in June to almost exclusively retweet/reply to PeterGammo. Kron619, the fake African American account, accrued 20k more followers than Peter. When WentDemToRepub joined Twitter, he instantly tagged them both.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …

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      7. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 27 Aug 2020

        All of these accounts are down now for spam and "specifically, artificially manipulative behavior." Five of these tweets proclaiming to be African-Americans who recently became pro-Trump had over 10,000 retweets in the last month. Like this one. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/viral-pro-trump-tweets-came-fake-african-american-spam-accounts-n1238553 …pic.twitter.com/hWzlg5SLDz

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      1. ᴋʟᴀᵾs‏ @tinyklaus 27 Aug 2020
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        If businesses need to be shut down until the virus is under control, social media needs to be shut down until after the election.

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      1. BIGDOSSER‏ @fatwacelestino 27 Aug 2020
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        No shit

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      2. BocaChef76‏ @BChef76 27 Aug 2020
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        Cambridge analytica shit

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