Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals near the Ohio-Pa. border, anonymous accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter.
train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio
The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. The accounts spread fearmongering posts that preyed on legitimate concerns about pollution and health effects and compared the response to the derailment with America’s support for Ukraine following its invasion by Russia.
Regularly spewing anti-US propaganda, the accounts show how easily authoritarian states and Americans willing to spread their propaganda can exploitsocial mediaplatforms like Twitter in an effort to steer domestic discourse.
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