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In this thread, I did a deep dive into the companies behind the faulty app during the #IowaCaucuses2020. I added all the sources like this you can verify everything.

Twitter folks, journalists, #OSINT lovers: if you want to debunk the conspiracy theories, read it and use it
Journalists: I know it's one hell of a thread but read it entirely, extract what you can from it and use the data in your articles.

Investigative journalists: You have a topic here, dig, you will probably find an awesome world
#OSINT lovers: You can have a lot of fun here and be useful. Enjoy guys!

cc @dutch_osintguy @OsintSupport @OsintCurious
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Elliot Alderson
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1/ According to the @nytimes, the app used to report results during the #IowaCaucuses "was not properly tested at a statewide scale".

Follow me, we will try to have a better picture of who is behind this app.

nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/…
@nytimes 2/ In their article, the @nytimes wrote: "The app used by the Iowa Democratic Party was built by Shadow Inc., a for-profit technology company"

Pro-tip: if you are doing political tools, "Shadow" is probably not the best company name
@nytimes 3/ The Shadow Inc. has a website shadowinc.io.

In their website they describe 2 products:
- Lightrail: "the universal adapter for political data"
- Messaging: "Recruit volunteers and mobilize voters with our peer-to-peer email and texting platform"
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Elliot Alderson
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<Thread>

Few days ago, I captured more than 600K tweets on trendy topics on the Indian Twitter. I was looking at this graph yesterday night and asked myself: How can I found spammy Twitter accounts in this dataset?

1/
In my definition, a spammy account is a Twitter account with:
1) a high degree out but a low degree in. It is tweeting a lot but nobody interact (RT, like, comment) with his tweets
2) a high "tweet speed". tweet speed = total of tweets / twitter account age

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This graph represents a capture of tweets on an time interval. Moreover, I captured only the tweets which contain a particular hashtag. So this view is very incomplete.
If a spammy account was not active on this topic or during the time interval I captured, I will miss it.

3/
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Elliot Alderson
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It was expected. My only question is: why the NSA did a press tour before? It’s quite unusual for them, isn’t it? What are their interests? When you do a press tour, you always have an agenda
So maybe the question is why they reported this issue? Is it the beginning of new era? I’m just wondering about the dynamics here. Someone decided to report it and think it was, an unusual, but good move. Why?
Maybe the answer is just “because they can” or “they wanted to be nice” 🤷‍♂️ But I give them more credits than that. This probably the beginning of a middle or long term (communication?) strategy?
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dan rolle
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Tune. The Fuck. In.

Let me connect some dots for you.
1.) It has been THREE DAYS since the Caucus. There is no precedent for this, aside from Florida in 2000. #iowacaucuses

2.) An app, developed by Consultant Class nobody’s with NO - ZERO - NO credibility in digital security was used for THE FIRST TIME Monday.
3.) Respected tech firms have analyzed the app, and it’s been determined, beyond ANY doubt that the app used in the #iowacaucases could very easily be hacked.

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Lex Taylor
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A lot of people are talking about the connections between Pete Buttigieg’s campaign and Shadow, the company behind the dysfunctional app that led to the insane Iowa caucuses tonight. Let’s take a look at what’s going on. #iowacaucuses (1/10)
First, what is Shadow? Besides having a hilariously villainous name, it’s “the tech arm of ACRONYM, a Democratic digital nonprofit” that was responsible for building the Iowa app. huffpost.com/entry/iowa-cau… (2/10)
This isn’t much on its own, though. Even with heavy Democrat establishment funding and support— it’s full of ex-Clinton and Obama staffers, doesn’t have to disclose its donors, etc— that’s nothing special. (3/10)
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CNN is panicking as Bernie Sanders runs away with the Iowa caucuses
good question
Bernie's Iowa caucus is so big that it is literally displacing Biden supporters
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David Nakamura
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#thread I wanted to add some additional context to this story we published today that aimed to trace the origin story of Nationals Park by focusing on the people who worked and lived in the 21 acres that became the stadium footprint. 1/
I saw some asking why the Post would publish a downbeat story on the day of the World Series. That wasn't the story. It was an effort to show there was, despite what some might say, a kind of neighborhood, with real humanity, before the Nats arrived. 2/
In a way, this was a coda to this fine deep dive by my colleague @mffisher last year before the All-Star Game on the tremendous success of the DC's redevelopment of near Southeast. It traces all the ways the ballpark surpassed expectations. 3/ washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/…
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bhlub
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#Thread 👇

#Puntland region of Somalia is the only entity that demands establishment of clan borders in the Horn of Africa.

#Somaliland, #Ethiopia, #Djibouti and even #Somalia reject ethnic borders, so why does PL insist?

The answer lies in #Puntland's demographic problem.
It appears that in the absence of reliable census data post the Somali civil war, #Puntland has managed to successfully inflate their population figures in published estimates by various orgs.

In reality, this region has always been the most sparsely inhabited area in the horn..
For starters, the region we refer to as #Puntland today was historically known as #Majeerteenia pre and immediately post the union of #Somaliland and #Somalia.
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Dr. Sturg
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#Thread 1/ Today's a day when I think a lot of people are going to be discussing and critiquing #journalism Since I've been teaching the subject for quite some time now, here's some things I tell my students about their relationships to public officials.
2/ The first rule of #journalism, even in the @spj_tweets code of ethics, is to "seek truth and report it." Sources of truth don't always want it shared. Everyone wants to look good, and when people have chosen to do bad things, they don't want you to expose them.
3/ A side #ProTip for newsmakers: The best way to avoid unfavorable coverage is to not do bad things. It's not 100%, but it works a lot better than other shenanigans you try.
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