Democratic Primary: Twitter Suspends Dozens Of Pro-Bloomberg Accounts For ‘Platform Manipulation’ – By Wesley Dockery (IB Times) / Feb 22 2020
Social media giant Twitter suspended 70 accounts posting content that supports Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg for spam and “platform manipulation,” the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
The accounts often used similar images and language to promote the candidate, violating Twitter rules against “creating multiple accounts to post duplicative content.” and “coordinating with or compensating others to engage in artificial engagement or amplification, even if the people involved use only one account.”
Twitter in November expanded its political ad ban, while providing new guidelines for organizations advertising specific political causes.
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