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US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

50 points| botanical | 3 months ago |thecanary.co

21 comments

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saaaaaam|3 months ago

(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.

takoid|3 months ago

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

catigula|3 months ago

AFAIK this was fake news. Plenty of screenshots flying making many claims about the intentions of all kinds of people, Israelis, Indians, Nigerians, etc.

sschueller|3 months ago

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

qntmfred|3 months ago

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.

Sporktacular|3 months ago

Why is this flagged now? It's been 15 minutes. Is this a Hasbara thing again?

sfc32|3 months ago

Most of Maga is in Africa, and all over Africa? A bit difficult to understand.

ceejayoz|3 months ago

Twitter’s monetization program rewards engagement. It’s not life changing amounts in the developed world. It is in much of Africa.

jstanley|3 months ago

The article is admittedly very difficult to follow, but that's not what it is saying.

That is something that it is quoting. Including a "community note" that it is a map of male circumcision from some academic paper.

The article is implying that the account that posted the map (which is "fake news" according to the community note in the screenshot) was revealed to be from some country other than the US.

qntmfred|3 months ago

it's not real you can safely ignore it

belter|3 months ago

Imagine being paid in rubles to pretend you are from Ohio...

derelicta|3 months ago

It got flagged insanely quickly lol