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A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along

www.washingtonpost.com /technology/2023/07/04/twitter-erica-marsh-suspended/

For months, the Erica Marsh account had raised suspicions among online misinformation experts due to her lack of a real-world footprint and her devotion to attention-grabbing viewpoints one called “cartoonishly liberal.”

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  • Unpaywalled.

    • “It is natural for us to assume that the information people provide on their profiles is true.”

      When I was young and on the internet, the first rule I learned was "don't believe everything you see on the internet." Look how far we've fallen, seeing this quote from a news correspondent!