Operation "Divide the Left'
Jaccuse!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/22/1836933/--OPERATION-DIVIDE-THE-LEFT-That-recent-assault-on-our-candidates-traced-to-200-suspect-accounts?detail=facebook&fbclid=IwAR31dJflTloPgzSMFDoPFu1h8dUFg_T8bfXICENf0tuPM8iDE3G7GKUu4jU
A team of analysts at Politico found a small group of 200 accountsspecifically these guysdrove a disproportionate amount of racist and negative disinformation, over a 30-day period, targeting four Democratic presidential candidates for 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and former Rep. Beto ORourke. In fact, between 2-15% of all Twitter mentions concerning these candidates over that timeframe originated from this small group.
This is the same group that generated or were mentioned in over 140 million tweets in the run-up to the 2018 midterms. Their focus then was on non-existent voter fraud, and the false claim that millions of undocumented immigrants vote in elections. The researchers said this group uses highly coordinated techniques to go viral, including funneling their tweets to other suspicious, knowingly automated accounts; the group also deployed sophisticated tactics that seem to easily bypass current detection methods.
Politico also reported that foreign hostiles appear to be involved
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More good reporting:
https://storyful.com/blog/conservative-sites-junk-news-pages-amplify-conversation-after-elizabeth-warren-announces-possible-bid-for-2020/
And more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/20/operation-divide-left-analysis-shows-2020-online-disinformation-campaign-already#