Examples of spam accounts pretending to be disaster-related on social media 2024-01-01 Observed during earthquake in Japan It’s like a monster imitating human noises.
YoshifumiSeki I saw a lot of Arabic in an account that tweets “please help me” with an address, and I got the impression that a monster that learns popular tweets and generates similar tweets is active. I’m not sure if it’s the same thing or not, but I’m sure it’s not the same thing.
mitsumame_pkmn Arabic solid that is cracking up with words or tagging earthquake or tsunami, know what you can do and what you really can’t. You should know what you can and can’t do.
What you guys are doing now is just like messing with the Palestinians who are spreading the word for help and evacuation.
BWWN “I’m at a hotel in Hokuriku. The maximum intensity is 7. Tsunami is on its way. I haven’t received any instructions from the hotel staff, what should I do?” I’ve been getting a tremendous amount of spam posted, what’s this?
FhkrmKk These weirdos are copying earthquake and tsunami related posts all over the place, so I’m watching the news and reporting and blocking spam. All of Pakistan
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