A likely fake 8-month-old Twitter user with a Blue check and 130K followers suspended after WaPo contacted Twitter is a case study of political "rage baiting" (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A likely fake 8-month-old Twitter user with a Blue check and 130K followers, suspended after WaPo contacted Twitter, is a case study of political “rage baiting”  —  The Erica Marsh account shows how ‘rage baiting’ remains a powerful way to win attention and score political points

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