Ben Popken

Ben Popken @bpopken

@jennycohn1 @eddieperezTX @OSET @NBCNews Well aware. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are jobs warning signs after August jobs report data taken as employers wake up that virus is more durable. Jobs report based on survey August 12. @ZipRecruiter saw job openings on their site plunge nearly 9 percent starting August 17th, for instance. Story soon. — PolitiTweet.org

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Or rather, firmly naming who runs fake persons is on the platforms to *disclose* -- for instance after law enforcement tips platforms with actionable threat indicators for malign foreign influence actors to hunt for and uncover connected accounts. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump wants to lifehack the election but as a commentor pointed out it, it's illegal. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrandyZadrozny: Just a reminder that we're in the middle of a child-care crisis with no end in sight. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GitEmSteveDave I'm really sorry to hear about your house fire. I hope you and your loved ones were safe. — PolitiTweet.org

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@VeeKaChu_L7 No subreddits for that? — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndyHeyrov The stock price changes daily and so the rankings change too. — PolitiTweet.org

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As the Black online community has been warning for years, imposters, trolls, political operatives and others have being trying to discourage and trick their community so their vote and voice isn’t as powerful. 2020 is no different, and it’s already happened in concrete cases. — PolitiTweet.org

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Black voters being hit with digital vote suppression, report warns https://t.co/FUpcgLmX2l Bad actors using disinformation to steal Black voters’ voice #vote — PolitiTweet.org

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Found while cleaning out some boxes. Good ol’ Consumerist days! Hail to the readers and tipsters. #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/wLK68Xtud9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Digital vote suppression efforts are targeting marginalized groups like Black and elderly, report warns https://t.co/sOSagAgVls @BrennanCenter @IanVandewalker — PolitiTweet.org

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@Born2Ex @nbc @ABC Thanks for flagging, can you DM a screenshot? — PolitiTweet.org

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United says "we don’t expect demand to return to anything resembling normal until there is a widely available treatment or vaccine." https://t.co/N1RMZZTGJa — PolitiTweet.org

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Wonder if Russian IRA trolls bummed this time they may have been told not to grow accounts as fast or as much. But boss, if you took brakes off we could be bigger than tengop. No no, this time influence but don't stand out. Do they have metrics, get dinged for growing too fast? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amandalfischer: Amazing how the consensus in 2008 was that homeowners who "strategically defaulted" on underwater mortgages were deadbe… — PolitiTweet.org

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Vote suppression is one of the most dangerous and concrete outcomes of disinformation ahead of November. Bad actors have spread lies that candidates have dropped out, that virus has been found at all polling locations, and that the election is "rigged." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IanVandewalker: Bad actors have tried to trick people out of voting already in 2020 by lying about the date of the election, saying the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IanVandewalker: New @BrennanCenter report addressing the threat of digital disinformation about voting with concrete steps for election… — PolitiTweet.org

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Some very nice aerial firefighting, great water bomb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GINIEJET11: Heroes 👏✈️ #aviation #aviationphotography #aviationdaily #aviationlife #fire #firefighters #canadair #pilot #pilotlife #inc… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @scottiebateman: The other night when departing #Boston it’s appears I was a film star 😂. Everyone loves a good departure video and it’s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RidT: Also, interesting race condition here: Russian OPSEC is improving (past reporting)—at the same time forensics & countermeasures a… — PolitiTweet.org

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The suspended accounts used stolen profile photos. @franciscoleon8 photo was a flipped stock photo image. https://t.co/qxlmK8IdnX — PolitiTweet.org

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One example of the copy-paste tactic by the suspended accounts, fake user @harmonyanders copied a tweet from @catturd2 https://t.co/ut5m2eHmtK — PolitiTweet.org

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Suspended user Jona_Whitmor also spread fear about voting: "Joe Biden's campaign spread misinformation suggesting that voters displaying no symptoms of #coronavirus could safely participate in tonight's primaries. Definitely not coming out to vote for #Biden." — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a new thread that includes examples of some of the suspended fake accounts: https://t.co/31dNZmMHbI — PolitiTweet.org

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One example of the copy-paste tactic by the suspended accounts, fake user @harmonyanderson copied a tweet from @catturd2. https://t.co/Ok3Kbzh9Mj — PolitiTweet.org

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Another example, @harmonyanderson copied a tweet from @catturd2. https://t.co/AxsORVH5ek — PolitiTweet.org