Trump Probably Retweeted a Bot, and Hasn't Realized

[yortsed snacilbuper]

A large proportion of Trump’s social media following is thought to be bots and fake accounts used to promote the president’s agenda. A Newsweek investigation in May found that, of the 31 million accounts following Trump at the time, 49 percent (or more than 15 million) were fake.

Cybersecurity experts warned of an uptick in Russia propaganda accounts and fake profiles on social media well in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Pro-Trump bots and fake accounts are extremely active and have regularly targeted articles published by media outlets, dubbing them fake news while seeking to defend Trump against attacks.

The president regularly uses Twitter to engage with followers and share favorable coverage of his administration. But after jumping into the rabbit hole associated with @Protrump45, Trump may wish he wasn’t so “modern day presidential.”

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[Arkansas Granny]

1. As long as they say nice things about him, he won't care who they are.

[LovesPNW]

2. I've noticed that the bots are getting premium placements

On Liberal Facebook pages.

Every time I scan those pages, it invariably shows the Trump Bot first.

It's a rigged game out there ...

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Thanks for confirming what I suspected.

We were warned by the Techies that this was going to happen if that Bot problem was not addressed.

[Johonny]

4. Pretty much noticed the same thing

The first 1 to 3 responses are bots. Sadly people still feed the bots so they're working.