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How diehard Trump fans transformed their Twitter accounts into bots which spread conspiracies in a vast Russia-style disinformation network - Building Online Business
y Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter suspended what appeared to be a network of pro-Trump activists using an app called Power10 to boost their messaging. Using this app, these users were able to effectively turn their accounts into bots — automated amplifiers of posts — some of which Twitter has banned for attempting to distort political conversations online. The app exposes a flaw in Twitter’s ability to enforce its anti-disinformation and spamming policies, experts have said. The tool boosted messages by President Donald Trump and his allies, as well as members of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement. The tool
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