X Feature Exposes Foreign Influence Network Posing as Trump Supporters
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Summary
A new feature on X (formerly Twitter) has exposed a vast covert influence network where numerous large political accounts claiming to be Trump supporters are actually operating from foreign countries. This represents the most significant public exposure of foreign influence operations on a major platform since the 2016 Russian interference revelations. The discovery reveals how foreign actors are posing as American political supporters to manipulate U.S. political discourse, raising serious concerns about election integrity and foreign interference in democratic processes.
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A new feature on X has revealed that a huge number of large, divisive political accounts claiming to be Trump supporters are actually operating out of foreign countries
mirroring the Russian disinformation campaign in which operatives from Russia’s Internet Research Agency posed as U.S. persons to interfere in the election
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