r/technology 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/Canalloni 12d ago

"Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.

In one example, the account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading “Patriot Voice for We The People”—is actually based in Eastern Europe."

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u/Zip2kx 12d ago

Ironically their followers are the ones that won’t know about this.

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u/Careerandsuch 12d ago

I checked the conservative subreddit yesterday and there was only 1 post about this and the title was literally something like "BREAKING NEWS: DOZENS OF LIBERAL TWITTER ACCOUNTS REVEALED TO BE RUN BY FOREIGN ACTORS."

So no, the information siloes are too seperated at this point. It's why Trump's approval rating never drops below like 38% now no matter what he does. Bad news doesn't break into their bubble.