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A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash | Researchers have found hundreds of fake X accounts that support the Trump administration.
Researchers have found hundreds of fake X accounts that support the Trump administration.
Their effectiveness, if they have any, is in the hope that they contribute to a partisan echo chamber, and that en masse they can “massage perceptions,” said Darren Linvill, the director of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub, which studies online disinformation campaigns. When Bondi first said she would not release additional files, another declared that she “comes out clean as the DOJ confirms no Epstein client list found, while reaffirming his death by suicide.” Since then, it has since told multiple people on X that they should engage in full revolt against the Trump administration. But that has become turbocharged with the rapid proliferation of AI chatbots that can write and post convincing messages without human intervention, and exacerbated by social media companies scaling back their moderation.
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