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US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

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Re: US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

#14
(a) The Canary is not a reliable journalistic news source

(b) The article says “Twitter is incredibly buggy, so sometimes different people have different user experiences” but then presents the “evidence” of location as incontrovertible proof.

(c) One of the maps purporting to show MAGA account locations has a community fact check note attached to it saying that it is, in fact, a map of the prevalence of male circumcision.

Re: US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

#15

How is this possible? Are they paying social media companies in foreign countries to do their posting?

it's of course possible. it wouldn't make sense, but it is certainly possible. the more important question is whether it is true. no, it is not.

Re: US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

#17
I have yet to see any definitive proof that this is real.

The screenshot in this post appears fabricated (specifically, the 'July 2008 in Israel' is misaligned): https://x.com/astrrals/status/1991942287128199433

The video evidence, which is the only video evidence that seems to exist, is equally unconvincing: https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1992288673887343014

Additionally, Nikita Bier has gone on record stating that "Location was not available on any gray check account at any point." https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1992382852328255743

Re: US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

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(a) The Canary is not a reliable journalistic news source (b) The article says “Twitter is incredibly buggy, so sometimes different people have different user experiences” but then presents the “evidence” of location as incontrovertible proof. (c) One of the maps purporting to show MAGA account locations has a community fact check note attached to it saying that it is, in fact, a map of the prevalence of male circumc…

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Re: US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

#20

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/xs-new-cou... Hindustan times article was much better on this. Shows that this issue is prevalent on both side, with seemingly less of an axe to grind against Israel, and Right wing accounts.

yup. it's just discord sowing all around. cambridge analytica wasn't all that long ago.
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