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A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along (www.washingtonpost.com)
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For months, the Erica Marsh account had raised suspicions among online misinformation experts due to her lack of a real-world footprint and her devotion to attention-grabbing viewpoints one called “cartoonishly liberal.”

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

After The Washington Post raised questions about the account with employees of Twitter’s trust and safety department, the account was suspended on Sunday for unknown reasons.

Twitter’s trust and safety department still has employees?

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Just an inbox that forwards to Elon so he can laugh at inquiries. Jokes aside, they moved on this one because she was caught as a fake in big and loud fashion (WaPo) and if Twitter didn't, they couldn't keep up any appearance of bipartisanship. WaPo would've just beat the drum louder. This way Twitter hardly even has to comment, and they can deny they promoted the account.