FAKE NEWS, FAKE FOLLOWERS: TwitterAudit Reports CNN Has 17 Million Fake Twitter Followers
<http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url=http%3A%2F% 2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ftech%2F2017%2F06%2F28%2Ffake-news-fake-followers-twitt eraudit-reports-cnn-has-17-million-fake-twitter-followers%2F&pubid=ra-536db7 7a775cf072&text=FAKE+NEWS%2C+FAKE+FOLLOWERS%3A+TwitterAudit+Reports+CNN+Has+ 17+Million+Fake+Twitter+Followers> 3484 <http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/google_plusone_share/offer?url =http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ftech%2F2017%2F06%2F28%2Ffake-news-fake-fol lowers-twitteraudit-reports-cnn-has-17-million-fake-twitter-followers%2F&pub id=ra-536db77a775cf072&text=FAKE+NEWS%2C+FAKE+FOLLOWERS%3A+TwitterAudit+Repo rts+CNN+Has+17+Million+Fake+Twitter+Followers> 9 SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images by <http://www.breitbart.com/author/lnolan/> LUCAS NOLAN28 Jun 2017 <http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/06/28/fake-news-fake-followers-twitterau dit-reports-cnn-has-17-million-fake-twitter-followers/#disqus_thread> 921 According to TwitterAudit.com, nearly fifty percent of the followers on CNNs verified Twitter account are fake. Of CNNs millions of followers on their verified Twitter account, over 17 million or 48 percent are fake, <https://www.twitteraudit.com/CNN> according to TwitterAudit. According to TwitterAudit, the site determines the quality and score of real and fake followers by taking a sample of up to 5000 (or more, if you subscribe to Pro) Twitter followers for a user and calculates a score for each follower. This score is based on number of tweets, date of the last tweet, and ratio of followers to friends. TwitterAudit states that these results are not definitive but do provide insight into whether or not a Twitter account gained followers through illegitimate means: We use these scores to determine whether any given user is real or fake. Of course, this scoring method is not perfect but it is a good way to tell if someone with lots of followers is likely to have increased their follower count by inorganic, fraudulent, or dishonest means. In <https://www.twitteraudit.com/breitbartnews> comparison, Breitbart News verified Twitter account has a TwitterAudit rating of 96 percent. Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter <http://twitter.com/lucasnolan_> @LucasNolan_ or email him at <http://www.breitbart.com/wp-admin/blank> lno...@breitbart.com EM On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
_______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
