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To: zzpat who wrote (1056318)2/22/2018 12:50:40 PM
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Twitter just purged ‘Russian bots’, and Trump fans are crying as their followers vanish
Rob Waugh
Wednesday 21 Feb 2018 9:26 am

Today, our thoughts and prayers are with the #MAGA brigade, as they howl in despair after half their Twitter followers vanished overnight. Brussels in lockdown after reports of armed gunman on the loose The reason? Those ‘cruel leftist libs’ at Twitter just purged a load of Russian bots, it seems – leading (hilariously) to right-wing Tweeters losing their sh*t. They think it’s some kind of left-wing conspiracy, whereas in fact, Twitter appears to have just deleted a bunch of non-existent fascists controlled from St Petersburg. Not seeming to realise the irony, many are sharing their agony online with the hashtag #TwitterLockout. Try not to laugh, please, now is not the time to gloat.

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