The following account spread fake news and you should all stop following
it used to impersonate CNN and actively troll
I'll explain how I came to know this below
it used to impersonate CNN and actively troll
I'll explain how I came to know this below
Questionable but thats not all, lets look at old tweets
You can run scripts that will delete your own old tweets, however as much as we may want it we don't have the ability to delete other people's tweets
In this case whomever is behind the account removed their old tweets
You can run scripts that will delete your own old tweets, however as much as we may want it we don't have the ability to delete other people's tweets
In this case whomever is behind the account removed their old tweets
We know the account was created Feb 2016 but a search for tweet from the account before 12/31/2016 comes up blank
https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apolitvidchannel%20until%3A2016-12-31&src=typed_query
https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apolitvidchannel%20until%3A2016-12-31&src=typed_query
But we can also search tweet to that account in that time
https://twitter.com/search?q=to%3Apolitvidchannel%20until%3A2016-12-31&src=typed_query
In the search we can see old handles the account may have had based on the @'s
https://twitter.com/search?q=to%3Apolitvidchannel%20until%3A2016-12-31&src=typed_query
In the search we can see old handles the account may have had based on the @'s
Now how can we prove this account was 100% either of those account?
Twitter in the back end uses an ID number for each account that stays the same through handle changes
You can pull it out from the HTML or use a service to find via the backend interface (API)
Twitter in the back end uses an ID number for each account that stays the same through handle changes
You can pull it out from the HTML or use a service to find via the backend interface (API)
Now we can go to http://archive.org and see if they have saved any pages from those previous handles and they have one page for cnnbrkss https://web.archive.org/web/20161108102654/twitter.com/cnnbrkss
if we check the html for that page and search for the id from the tweet above we find that sure enough same
if we check the html for that page and search for the id from the tweet above we find that sure enough same
So now we have proof that account used to pretend to be a fake CNN account and push fake news
Archive has nothing for BBCBreakingnow but that account is still live at that handle and follows 6 account, one of which is the PoliticsVideoChannel
Archive has nothing for BBCBreakingnow but that account is still live at that handle and follows 6 account, one of which is the PoliticsVideoChannel
We can query Twitter to find out when the accounts were created and ID
Can't prove it but I suspect whoever is behind Political Video also created this channel but found it less successful
They often used the fake CNN account to retweet the BBC one
Can't prove it but I suspect whoever is behind Political Video also created this channel but found it less successful
They often used the fake CNN account to retweet the BBC one
There is zero reason Twitter knowing about the history of that account pretending to be CNN should allow the account to still be on the site
So please unfollow, retweet, and let anyone you know following it know to unfollow it
So please unfollow, retweet, and let anyone you know following it know to unfollow it
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