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Posted on 06/07/2025 8:41:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A coordinated campaign used bogus social media accounts to amplify backlash against Target after the company scaled back its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, according to a blockbuster report.
An analysis by Israeli tech firm Cyabra found that nearly a third of the social media accounts driving outrage over the retail giant’s policy change were fake.
The Minneapolis-based retailert announced it would roll back its controversial initiatives — which had drawn scorn from conservatives for touting items such as tuck-friendly bathing suits — after President Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20.
Cyabra reviewed thousands of posts on Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, from Jan. 1 to April 21 and discovered that 27% of the accounts were inauthentic — many of which played a major role in pushing boycott narratives.
Cyabra’s data showed that inauthentic posts jumped 764% after Target’s announcement, flooding the platform with calls for consumer boycotts and viral hashtags like #EconomicBlackout.
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Uh-huh. /s
Some of us stated long ago that they probably lost more business DUE to DIE rather than its removal.
Manufactured outrage & fake accounts are the receipts.
Didn’t Rush Limbaugh have a research firm determine that about a dozen astro turf accounts were behind most of the online outrage over him?
The outrage industry has been growing magnificently!
It used to be called astroturfing.
I listed a property for rent on X. I got an insane number of responses. My tech guy told me Facebook was driving the stats with fake accounts. Something like, “hey! list on X and get THIS many responses.”
So much dishonesty on the ‘net. Who knows...I may not even be me.
I don’t give a flying fig what they do. Haven’t set foot in Target since 2005 when the kids said no to their crappy clothes that looked like they’d fall apart in the first wash. Their men in the restrooms reinforced the ban. They’ve done nothing since to improve their standing though once on my ban list, always banned.
I’m sorry, Citizen, your fear is well-placed. I’ve learned that you are, in true fact, Rachel Levine. Sorry
Yes, he did. The Bots.
Most of the support for WOKE crap was also organized 'rent a lie' fakes.
Democrats and their butt boys in the press and 'polling firms' use these techniques to gaslight citizens and and convince 'the yokels' that lots of people agree with them. It's the same BS being used now to fool people into thinking citizens back illegals. They don't.
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