>> THINGS, %
ALISON.
>>> YOU CAN %
WATCH THE FULL %
STORY TOMORROW %
ON THE WEEKEND %
REPORT. %
>>> A VIRAL PRO %
TRUMP’S TWEETS %
ARE COMING FROM %
FAKE AFGHAN-%
AMERICAN SPAM %
ACCOUNTS. %
THE SPAMMERS ARE
POSING AS BLACK %
PEOPLE AND EVEN %
THE DEMOCRATIC %
PARTY IN SUPPORT %
OF DEMOCRAT
PRESENT TRUMP.
THEN, TELL US %
MORE ABOUT WHAT %
HAPPENED HERE %
AND HOW TWITTER %
FOUND OUT ABOUT %
IT. %
>> Reporter: ONE %
OF THE TWEETS %
WENT EXTREMELY %
VIRAL.
IT WAS ALSO VERY %
FISHY. %
THAT WAS AN %
ACCOUNT THAT %
SAID, IN THE, %
LOOK, I’M A
LIFELONG %
DEMOCRAT I’M
GOING TO VOTE %
REPUBLICAN THIS %
YEAR. %
THIS WAS ON, YOU %
KNOW, WEDNESDAY. %
I’M DONE WITH %
THIS TRASH.
13,000 RETREATS.
AND PEOPLE ARE %
LIKE, I DON’T %
KNOW ABOUT THIS. %
IT CAN IT %
APPEARS THAT %
THIS PROFILE %
PICTURE IS A % DUTCH MODEL. %
DUTCH MODEL. %
AND IT WAS.
HE WAS MAD ABOUT %
HIS IDENTITY %
BEING STOLE. %
TWITTER WAS %
LIKE, OKAY, WE %
SHOULD LOOK INTO %
THIS. %
THEY FOUND A %
SPAM THAT WORK %
OUR ROAD THIS %
ACCOUNT AND %
ANOTHER ACCOUNT %
THAT HAD 38,000 %
FOLLOWERS. %
IT HAS FIVE %
RETREATS THAT -- %
FIVE TWEETS. %
THESE ARE FIVE
THINGS THAT SPAM %
OPERATION THAT %
WAS PUSHING THE %
PRO-TRUMP
SUGGEST, %
PRETENDING TO BE
AFRICAN-%
AMERICAN. %
>> BEN, TWITTER %
SAYS IT HAS SEEN %
AN INCREASE IN
COPY PASTA.
AND THAT IT MAY %
LIMIT THE %
VISIBILITY OF
THOSE TWEETS FOR %
NON-SUPER
TECHIES LIKE ME,
COPYPASTA IS A %
NEW TERM. %
WHAT SHOULD BE %
WATCHING OUT %
FOR? %
WHAT ARE THE %
SIGNS THAT THE %
TWEETS YOU MIGHT %
BE READING OR %
THE POSTS ARE
FAKE? %
>> COPYPASTA IS %
A THING THAT WAS %
USED BY TROLLS %
FOR A LONG %
PERIOD OF TIME TO
MESS AROUND WITH %
SERVICES.
IT IS BEING USED
FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES.
A 4CHAN THINK OF
A REDDIT THING %
AT IS BECOMING A %
TWITTER THING. %
THE TOOK ABOUT %
POLITICS OR THE %
POLITICAL %
MESSAGES. %
AND THAT IS WHAT %
YOU SHOULD LOOK
FOR. %
IF YOU SEE THE %
SAME TWEET BEING %
TWEETED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN,
PETITION, %
SOMEBODY WHO IS %
BREAKING NEWS. %
THAT IS WHAT
COPYPASTA IS. %
THAT IS DONE TO %
SIMULATE SUPPORT %
FOR A GROUP OF %
PEOPLE THAT DOES %
NOT HAVE THAT %
MUCH SUPPORT. %
THAT IS WHAT %
HAPPENED HERE. %
SOME OF THESE %
ACCOUNTS, THEY
WERE JUST
RETWEETED. %
THOSE MESSAGES %
WERE THEN POSTED %
ON TWO OTHER FAKE
AFGHAN-AMERICAN %
AGAINST EVER
CREATED. %
SO THIS IS -- WE %
DON’T KNOW %
EXACTLY WHO IS %
BEHIND IT. %
WE DO NOTE THAT %
THIS IS NOT
AUTHENTIC. %
THIS IS VERY
ARTIFICIAL %
BEHAVIOR.
>> IT IS %
PROBABLY %
SOMETHING WE ARE %
GOING TO SEE A %
LOT MORE AS THE %
ELECTION GETS %
CLOSER. %
