Thursday, February 2, 2017

Rogue" Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply 11-2

I am not a big fan of twitter but it seems that these unanimous, fact telling "federal agencies" do. Recently there has been some confusion on these twitter accounts claiming to be run by members of the National Park Service and other U.S. agencies. None of the account owners have come forward and identified themselves but they do still tweet about different facts of climate change, completely opposing the Trump administration. But this has happened before, people have been making silly twitter pages acting out as different characters and celebrities for years. Whats different about the number of fake accounts-about 80- are a result of a form of expression to oppose a media blackout and its all from Trump's administration's gag orders. Many of these accounts are encouraging their followers to "take action by calling their congressional representatives and providing scripts for what to tell their lawmakers." Nothing chaotic has happened yet so as of now most of the accounts are giving of simple facts and silly jokes.

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