Russian troll accounts purged by Twitter pushed Qanon, other conspiracies

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A new batch of troll accounts identified by Twitter as having ties to Russia's propaganda operation revealed an emphasis on promoting far-right conspiracy theories such as Qanon to Americans.

Twitter announced Thursday the removal of 418 accounts tied to the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, the disinformation group whose employees were indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller last February for attempted election interference.

The accounts' tweets featured the hashtag #MAGA, usually in support of President Donald Trump, almost 38,000 times — the most of any hashtag. #ReleaseTheMemo, a social media campaign pushed by allies of the president last year that aimed to discredit some members of the FBI, was tweeted 37,583 times.

In all, the 400-some accounts tweeted more than 900,000 tweets.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/russian-troll-accounts-purged-by-twitter-pushed-qanon-other-conspiracies/ar-BBT50Xx?li=BBnbcA1

Could these be some of Trump's thousands of Twitter followers?

[riverwalker]

1. I'm in Twitter jail

For calling Carl Kline a traitor for giving Kushner and 30 others security clearances, over ruling the intelligence agencies concerns.
(My language was more colorful.). Sentenced six days in the Twitter pokey. 😔

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. That much?

I had mine suspended for a couple hours pending my deletion of a response to Tomi Lahren.

I felt I was correct in my criticism but had stated it in a rather crude manner. As such I went and deleted the Tweet. I was later to find out I wasn't the only DU member sent to Twitmo for commenting on that thread.

[riverwalker]

3. I thought it was excessive

but nothing I can do. I think I mentioned the usual sentence for treason. My second time. First was for a similar suggestion for Khashoggi killer MBS.