Some of the accounts posted their own content, often in reply to real users, while others reposted content from real users, helping to amplify it further. The accounts all feature personal photos of the alleged account holder as well as a name. In all, researchers believe hundreds of thousands of accounts could be involved. The new pro-Trump network is actually three different networks of Twitter accounts, all created in huge batches in April, October and November 2022. While big tech companies have improved their detection of fake accounts, the network identified by Cyabra shows they remain a potent force in shaping online political discussion. For the sake of democracy I want people to know this is happening.”īots, as they are commonly called, are fake, automated accounts that became notoriously well-known after Russia employed them in an effort to meddle in the 2016 election. 6 was a lie and Trump was innocent,'" said Jules Gross, the Cyabra engineer who first discovered the network. “One account will say, ‘Biden is trying to take our guns Trump was the best,’ and another will say, ‘Jan.
That was true of many of the bots identified by Cyabra. Human users typically post about a variety of subjects, with a mix of original and reposted material, but bots often post repetitive content about the same topics. To identify a bot, researchers will look for patterns in an account's profile, its follower list and the content it posts. While the identity of those behind the network of fake accounts is unknown, Cyabra's analysts determined that it was likely created within the U.S. The sprawling bot network was uncovered by researchers at Cyabra, an Israeli tech firm that shared its findings with The Associated Press.
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