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28 Sep, 5 tweets, 4 min read
A 41 page document chock full of disinformation about COVID-19 (including claims that the vaccines may be mind control technology) written by someone using the pseudonym "Spartacus" has been making the rounds on Twitter the last few days. Here's how it spread.

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The "Spartacus" COVID disinfo document first appeared on docdroid(dot)com on Sept 24 2021. The first Twitter account to share it was a small Italian-language account, @number229401056. The second was @RWMaloneMD, whose tweet linking the letter was retweeted nearly 1000 times.
The so-called "Spartacus letter" was first posted to DocDroid, it was removed relatively quickly, resulting in subsequent reposting on a variety of sites. The copy of the document most frequently shared on Twitter is hosted by right-wing disinformation blog @zerohedge.
Here's the retweet network for tweets sharing the "Spartacus" COVID disinfo letter. The three most prominent purveyors are the aformentioned @RWMaloneMD (the second account to share the letter), @clif_high, and @ConceptualJames.
Typo in this tweet, domain name should be docdroid(dot)net.

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