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Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by ev1 »

ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

For those that didn't quite understand this (like me ..):

The person in question posted large amounts of images like this

- fraudulently said it was paid for by the campaign to elect the candidate

- specifically targeted people of colour that supported a non-conservative candidate

- told those people that they could text a number to vote instead of vote (which is not valid), and to avoid voting in person afterward

- therefore resulting in several thousand votes probably not being counted since they never voted, based on carrier logs

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by anonu »

What exactly is the code or law that is being broken here?

Don't get me wrong - guys like this should be shutdown. By who is altogether another debate.

The govt rarely loses when they bring cases like this - so they probably think they have a pretty airtight case. Any background or clarification would be helpful - as both the press release and complaint are scant on details.

EDIT: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241 << this says "2 or more persons" to be a conspiracy.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by happytoexplain »

ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

>ironically the joke meme the rеtard stalinists are now hysterically pretending was "еlection interference" is basically how they interfered with this еlection.

Trolling aside, what does this outburst mean in relation to the image?

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by deafsquid5 »

happytoexplain wrote: post #7
ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

>ironically the joke meme the rеtard stalinists are now hysterically pretending was "еlection interference" is basically how they interfered with this еlection. Trolling aside, what does this outburst mean in relation to the image?

It was a joke and Democrats claimed it was election interference
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