Turning Point USA-affiliated, pro-Trump teenagers violated Twitter policy with coordinated posts
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Young conservatives who post pro-Trump messages on social media were compared to “trolls” by The Washington Post on Tuesday in an investigation by the paper revealing a coordinated effort that violates Twitter’s policies — but the group said it considers their online behavior “sincere political activism.”
Citing “four people with independent knowledge of the effort,” The Washington Post reported that Turning Point Action – a group affiliated with Turning Point USA – paid teenagers to spread pro-Trump messages on social media.
“The campaign draws on the spam-like behavior of bots and trolls, with the same or similar language posted repeatedly across social media,” Stanley-Becker added.
Turning Point countered that the participants are simply sharing their beliefs.
“This is sincere political activism conducted by real people who passionately hold the beliefs they describe online, not an anonymous troll farm in Russia.”
— Turning Point field director Austin Smith
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