R. Miles McCain and 309 others

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R. Miles McCain and 309 others @MilesMcCain

On one page, the publication date was 2:19 pm on Sep 27. The last updated date was 2:21 pm on Oct 2. Invisible <time> tags in the page source gave us this minute-level resolution (see screenshot below). Why are the times so similar? Here's what we think happened... 4/ https://t.co/lYHHCXvOEo — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 2, 2021

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R. Miles McCain and 309 others @MilesMcCain

The answer: page metadata. Although they spoofed the pages' publication dates, they didn't realize that their WordPress site also embedded the *last update time* in the source of each page. When we compared the published v. updated timestamps, their scheme became clear. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 2, 2021

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R. Miles McCain and 309 others @MilesMcCain

They posted the page at 2:19 pm on Oct 2. Then, they manually set the date back to Sep 27 — but they didn't bother to change the hour/minute fields. (Or they just didn't notice.) Then, they pasted the activists' tweet into the post, and clicked "save" two minutes later. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 2, 2021