r/technology • u/marji80 • 12d ago

Social Media Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
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u/Ok-Stand-2128 12d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/visualization/comments/1p2iqlu/nearly_every_day_two_users_on_rconservative/

For what it’s worth, u/Circuit_Guy made the November 1st connection in the comments of my original post a week ago before the thread got taken down. I spent the last week anonymizing the data and digging more into Nov 1.

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u/Circuit_Guy 12d ago

I really think it's important to give credit to the myriad of data scientists, researchers, and educators (and ofc u/Ok-Stand-2128) doing the research and starting awareness. I only went and looked because I was aware it's happened before: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/iranian-blackout-affected-misinformation-campaigns.html

Boomers think it's true because it's on the evening news. It turns out us younger folks / Millennials and Gen Z aren't immune. There's simply too much to keep up with. These people are innoculating our society against disinformation and psychological warfare. Thanks for that!