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Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation'

Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’

By SUHAUNA HUSSAIN, JEFF BERCOVICI FEB. 21, 2020 9:40 PM

Michael R. Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.

But one of the strategies — deploying a large number of Twitter accounts to push out identical messages — has backfired. On Friday, Twitter began suspending 70 accounts posting pro-Bloomberg content in a pattern that violates company rules.

“We have taken enforcement action on a group of accounts for violating our rules against platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesman said. Some of the suspensions will be permanent, while in other cases account owners will have to verify they have control of their accounts.

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-21/twitter-suspends-bloomberg-accounts

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Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation' (Original post)	Dem4Life1102	Feb 2020	OP
Oh, is THAT the reason why...	gembaby1	Feb 2020	#1
Guess Bloomberg's money can't buy everything	PatSeg	Feb 2020	#2
Ah well - if at 1st you don't succeed, there is always more money to try again!	jmg257	Feb 2020	#3
It would be nice if they would	BlueMTexpat	Feb 2020	#4
Not surprising at all, Bloomberg pays $2500 a month for users to post pro-Bloomberg content	Devil Child	Feb 2020	#5