Twitter 'Staying Vigilant Against Attempts to Manipulate Conversations About the 2022 US Midterms' After Musk TakeoverTwitter took down six "inauthentic" networks with technical links to China and Iran that had sent tweets about the upcoming November midterm elections, according to an independent analysis, which stated that the actors sought to amplify strong views on polarizing issues in American politics.
"We're staying vigilant against attempts to manipulate conversations about the 2022 U.S. midterms," said Twitter's head of safety, Yoel Roth, in a tweet reshared by the platform's new owner, Elon Musk. Renee DiResta, one of the authors of the report, said, "Technical indicators tie three to China, three to Iran. Activity fairly standard: create caricature American personas, ingratiate into communities via follower [train]s & #FBR, create or boost hot takes."...
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