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The Birth of a #TrollFarm:
We have shown you how a troll farm works & we have busted a few in our previous reports but today we will show you how these troll farms come into existence. How they are established & tested before being handed over to the actual operators. (1/5)
We have shown you how a troll farm works & we have busted a few in our previous reports but today we will show you how these troll farms come into existence. How they are established & tested before being handed over to the actual operators. (1/5)
Phase 1: Origination
We have a list of 102 accounts, all of these accounts send their 1st reply to an account AnnaAmaury & in Japanese language
Img1: Max follower count is 4, while max status count is 800 rep. by node size
Img2: 58 accounts are created in Jan(2/5)@TwitterSafety
We have a list of 102 accounts, all of these accounts send their 1st reply to an account AnnaAmaury & in Japanese language
Img1: Max follower count is 4, while max status count is 800 rep. by node size
Img2: 58 accounts are created in Jan(2/5)@TwitterSafety
In the origination and testing phase these accounts only reply and that too to a particular account. All of them reply the same thing, giving a hint that these are bot operated. (3/5)
