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> This type of thing is likely to become de rigeur, for astroturf and scam accounts. Disturbing, but not particularly newsworthy. It's newsworthy if the fake a
by thephyber 6y ago
> This type of thing is likely to become de rigeur, for astroturf and scam accounts. Disturbing, but not particularly newsworthy.
It's newsworthy if the fake account's posts are used to assassinate the character of real people and the fake persona is pointed out for being fake:
> Reuters was alerted to Taylor by London academic Mazen Masri, who drew international attention in late 2018 when he helped launch an Israeli lawsuit against the surveillance company NSO on behalf of alleged Mexican victims of the company’s phone hacking technology.