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Podcast Host Reveals Massive Bot Campaign Pressured Him to Push Iran Narrative
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"I received thousands and thousands and thousands of DMs when I posted about this subject matter. Some of those accounts aren't real. It was encouraging someone like me who has a big platform to push a certain narrative. And the only reason I noticed is because of the sheer volume. And then the narrative was almost identical."
A podcast host with a large social media following disclosed that after posting about the Iran situation, he received thousands of identical direct messages from what he identified as bot accounts encouraging him to amplify a specific narrative. The host, who has 15 years of social media experience, said the coordinated influence operation was unlike anything he'd seen before and made him question his own information sources.
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