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Ben Popken
@bpopken
Digital business reporter. Previously: Senior Business Reporter @NBCNEWS, Site Lead @Consumerist at Gawker and Consumer Reports. ben@bpopken.com
Sep 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Twitter suspended 44 accounts that used Russian troll election interference tactics, supporting Trump and Sanders while attacking Biden and any Democratic front-runner. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news… Twitter said the accounts were suspended for platform manipulation and spam.
Aug 4, 2019 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Screed may be "nexus to a potential hate crime," El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i… by @oneunderscore__ @oneunderscore__ El Paso suspect's alleged essay feels similar to pamphlets spread by KKK during 70's, said James Cavanaugh, a former ATF special agent-in-charge.

“These guys can reach out to any soul on the internet and poison them,” he said. "It's digital hate."
Feb 4, 2019 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Now that the Pats have beat the Rams let's address some blatant distortions around our NBC News story taking a snapshot of how candidate Gabbard has been promoted by Russian outlets since her announcement Jan 11. It's erroneous and not headline-worthy for @ggreenwald or anyone to assert we "relied" on the analysis of any 3rd party firm. That's not true.
Feb 1, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
"Learn to code" was tweeted at me by a sketchy account. I reported it as abusive behavior as part of targeted harassment. Twitter suspended the account within 20 minutes.

Journalists if they tweet "learn to code" at you don't stay silent, take a moment to report it. Twitter will review it and if they determine it violates their rules against abusive behavior they will take action.