For months, the Erica Marsh account had raised suspicions among online misinformation experts due to her lack of a real-world footprint and her devotion to attention-grabbing viewpoints one called “cartoonishly liberal.”

For months, the Erica Marsh account had raised suspicions among online misinformation experts due to her lack of a real-world footprint and her devotion to attention-grabbing viewpoints one called “cartoonishly liberal.”

  • LetsGOikz@lemmy.mlEnglish
    81·
    2 years ago

    “left-wing”

    A self-proclaimed “proud Democrat” that is a poor caricature of a milquetoast neoliberal is not left-wing, but I guess I shouldn’t expect even the bare minimum of political literacy from WaPo.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 years ago

    After The Washington Post raised questions about the account with employees of Twitter’s trust and safety department, the account was suspended on Sunday for unknown reasons.

    Twitter’s trust and safety department still has employees?