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X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
(www.theguardian.com)
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I would love to see an independent research team go through all the data from these 800m accounts, and determine which ones were actually state actors, and which were just accounts that Musk personally disagrees with.
This is a guess based on reading previous reports on the topic. Its probably majority(90%+) state actors. Individuals may get caught up in the sweep but there is no way they can match the scale of state sponsored botfarms.
My thinking is similar - that there are an overwhelming majority that are state actors. But, my guess is that in the non-state actor accounts it wouldn't just be some accounts that got "swept up" as a side effect. I would be there would likely be some very noticeable targeting of certain types of accounts (ie, those that have social values that are more left leaning, or those that are trying to promote verifiable information that flies in the face of conservative narratives).