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Okay looks like the imposter / trolling account @ShadowHQInc has been suspended, related to the #iacaucuses. @File411 brought this to our attention with this thread
This was one of the few individual accts we have reported & suggested to others to use the new election manipulation criteria at Twitter. This acct was posing as the Shadow app developer from the #iacaucuses. This fake tried to imply Russian involvement. Thank you @TwitterSafety 
To be fair to the @TwitterSafety team, they have their plates overflowing 24/7. Unlike another social media giant, Twitter IS trying 2 improve the quality of experience & community on their platform. Ive seen their very sincere efforts even if we dont always agree with everything
Okay I think we're starting 2 beat a dead horse & take our eyes off the prize which should be the places in the US which still "lack of a paper trail" & have a myriad of voter suppression tactics in place. Thankfully Iowa had a paper trail & results will be accurate just delayed
Our prior thread on the really dumb decision 2 use this app ..4 obvious & not so obvious reasons. The obvious - 2016. The not so obvious which we stated 8 days before the #iacaucuses was the issue of perception & #disinfo if something were to go wrong
And it failed in a spectacular way. From not being properly tested, installed on personal insecure cell phones, giving a warning on install (even though us #infosec tell you all NEVER to install something like this on ur phone)... all the way 2 the name of the developer - Shadow
Based on the results the IDP is releasing, there are a ridiculous amount of errors and misreported results. You can just scroll over the NYT's precinct map (nytimes.com/interactive/20…) and see them literally everywhere.
I'll be using this thread to document them. #iacaucuses #Iowa
I'll be using this thread to document them. #iacaucuses #Iowa
This first one is in Clinton County (Sharon Lost Nation). First align shows a close race with at least 2-3 candidates being viable. Somehow all votes move to Pete in Final alignment.
In this one (Clinton-Liberty Toronto), all SDEs are awarded to Amy Klobuchar, despite Sanders, Buttigieg, Steyer and Warren all also being viable.
Not to be conspiratorial, but this reminds me of a DDoS attack disruption by overloading digital lines: "The hotlines was flooded w/ some prank calls…They were not ready for the volume"—@CNN @jeffzeleny & @jaketapper discuss #IACaucuses phone reporting problems after app failed.
@CNN @jeffzeleny @jaketapper So, I was right. MAGA trolls disrupted #IowaCaucuses election reporting by flooding the phone lines. Officials should never have publicly posted the number. Folks still don't get we're not in Kansas anymore. Trump is 150% sleazeball. (They're not called 'deplorable' for nothing!)
@CNN @jeffzeleny @jaketapper What's more predictable than Trump trolls disrupting elections, sowing doubt & discrediting Democrats?! Of COURSE they posted #IowaCaucus hotline on 4chan w/directions to "clog the lines." After 2016 we needed govt-wide response to find & close vulnerabilities. But GOP needs them
Last September, I called Tara McGowan "The Democrats' Most Dangerous Digital Strategist." I did so because I thought her non-profit tech model could upend politics as we know it.
I was right. Only, not in the way I expected.
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I was right. Only, not in the way I expected.
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For those who don't already know, @taraemcg is the founder of ACRONYM. The progressive nonprofit funnels donor contributions to progressive causes and for-profit companies — one of which is Shadow, which created the app that seemingly shut down the #IowaCaucuses last night.
ACRONYM was trying to fix a digital campaign space that often advises clients to use tactics that they can profit off of, rather than tactics that actually help candidates win.
1/2 Big #iacaucuses results are in: 41% of caucus-goers (a plurality by a mile) said #healthcare is their top motivator.
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2/2 Rx prices, pre-existing conditions, and premiums/copays/deductibles are driving people of all kinds to get involved. Meanwhile, @realDonaldTrump is sabotaging healthcare at level.
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