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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzy
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Thread: Yesterday I tweeted about a large number of accounts tweeting the same statement supporting Ted Cruz. Ted has a pinned tweet with a button that allows anyone to tweet the same statement. At first, I assumed the activity was organic because of the button, I was wrong. 1/5
I immediately noticed many of the accounts supporting Ted Cruz were confirmed trollbots that are being tracked by BotSentinel.com. Hundreds of suspicious accounts were amplifying Ted Cruz's message, and at the time of this tweet, they are still active. 2/5
I decided to analyze the accounts tweeting the statement to determine the percentage of trollbot vs non-trollbot accounts. I analyzed 2475 accounts that tweeted the statement within a 15 hour period. 858 accounts were trollbots, that is approximately 34%. 3/5
I uploaded a CSV file with the Twitter handles and score for each account that was analyzed. You can download the CSV file here: sharecsv.com/s/f6b6ea034189… 4/5
twitter-handle = twitter handle of the user analyzed
is-trollbot = if it is a trollbot or not. 1 = trollbot 0 = not a trollbot
tweet-count = number of tweets analyzed [satisfactory unsatisfactory]
satisfactory % = innocuous tweets
unsatisfactory % = malicious tweets

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