Twitter verified the account of a fake candidate for Congress created by a 17-year-old to test its election integrity efforts; the account is now suspended
New York (CNN Business)Andrew Walz calls himself a “proven business leader” and a “passionate advocate for students.”
Next time someone tries to persuade me that verified accounts can't be fake, malicious, or automated... Exclusive: A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate. Twitter verified it - @CNN https://www.cnn.com/...
@marquardta
Alexander Marquardt on x
“The student...said he was “bored” over the holidays and created the fake account to test Twitter's election integrity efforts.” https://twitter.com/...
@rayredacted
@rayredacted on x
Twitter Verification is a total joke. I have friends whose name and image have been used in dozens of scams, but cannot get verified. Yet this high school kid pulls it off with basic social engineering? Maybe he should start a freelancing service. https://twitter.com/...
@luca
Luca Hammer on x
He created a website and submitted the made up candidate to ballotpedia. Twitter partnered with then to get candidates verified. The check mark does not mean, that the account is a real person, but that it represents what it claims to represent. In this case a made up candidate. …
@craignewman
Craig Newman on x
“If I could do this as a high schooler, imagine what a highly trained team of people doing this could do.” Yes. Imagine. https://twitter.com/...
@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz on x
Twitter verification was, is, and will continue to be a complete mess. https://twitter.com/...