A new report finds that only a small number of accounts were responsible for 70% of the hate content targeting Harry and Meghan on Twitter.
regarding the hostility directed at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The analysis found that “55 single-purpose accounts” were primarily responsible for hateful content, with “28 secondary hate accounts” that push the messages out onto the greater Twitter sphere.
Still, as we all know, posts shared and retweeted can reach thousands, if not millions of eyeballs on the platform. “We estimate a combined unique potential reach of 17,000,000 users,” according to the report, which is how the harassment blows up into a torrent of hate towards Markle. Bot Sentinel notes that Twitter had “previously suspended 40% of the primary accounts” for terms of service violations, but the accounts popped back up, often using creative spelling and other workarounds to avoid detection. Disturbingly, analysts who visited two of the identified 55 primary hate accounts were suggested other hateful accounts by Twitter’s algorithm.
“[We are] actively investigating the information and accounts referenced in this report — we will take action on accounts that violate the Twitter Rules,” a Twitter spokesperson toldThe report confirms what many victims of online harassment have long suspected: that there really is a conspiracy to victimize people online. It also proves that a small number of users can have exponential reach, and the limits of AI-based platform policing.
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