1. I outed a troll network 2 days ago &, as has happened every time I’ve outed one of these networks, I got swarmed by a barrage of troll accounts. Including ones that began “following me”. I examined 50 of these accounts (so far) & here is what they had in common…#cdnpoli
2. All 50 had anti-vax/covid disinformation, Anti-Trudeau propaganda, pro #NevrePoilievre, anti-Biden or anti-Democrat propaganda.
48 accounts, of the tweets I examined, had climate change denial & 46 had pro-Kremlin anti-Ukraine talking points.
#cdnpoli #InfoOps
3. As I was saying. 🙄
Adding this reply tweet to the body of the thread because it is so perfectly illustrative of the barrage of inauthentic “support” for #NevrePoilievre. Nice work, @walmartian! 👏👏
https://t.co/upBhRQOlcn
Just by way of illustrating the difference, bots showed up in the replies. Bots are different from trolls. The bots that showed up here aren’t sophisticated. The AI bots China has been working on, would blow these bots right out of the water. Note the start date on 2 of these.
Take this bot, for example. The account start date was 2014 but was clearly taken over, scrubbed of previous content & now used for potential phishing. The account has no content prior to Sept 4/22.
This troll is one I missed. Showed up in the thread & I mistakenly answered. Followed by porn bots & spamming gamer accounts. *Block*.
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