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Jun 20, 2022

A great write-up of how to identify fake accounts on social media—and a short history of how alt-right trolls use fake accounts to shift public conversation—from Parker Malloy:

The Present Age

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog

Back in 2014, right-wing trolls on 4chan came up with an idea: #EndFathersDay To be clear, they didn’t actually want to “end” Father’s Day. Rather, they wanted people to think that feminists wanted to “end” Father’s Day. Their plan was simple: create a bunch of fake, feminist-looking Twitter accounts, flood the internet with tweets calling for the aboli…

a year ago · 15 likes · 5 comments · Parker Molloy