Unverified ‘alternative’ government accounts target Trump on Twitter
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It started with one account.
After the National Park Service tweeted photos comparing the size of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration with the larger crowd at Barack Obama’s, incoming administration officials ordered the account to stop posting.
An “alternative” account soon sprang up, tweeting criticism of the President and attracting hundreds of thousands of followers.
The @AltNatParkSer account was quickly followed by dozens more. There are now at least 50 “unofficial” or “alternative” accounts purporting to represent the views of government staffers or agencies.
Many of the accounts use the official logos of the departments they claim to represent, like the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, or various regional park services.
The accounts come in the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown on government agencies.
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