Schultz Campaign Spurred Fake Twitter Accounts

Twitter suspended a number of accounts supporting Howard Schultz for violating the social media giant’s fake accounts policies, NBC News reports.

Within days of Schultz’s announcement, Twitter “was home to fan accounts that seemed to span every demographic, praising the coffee executive’s possible campaign and vowing support. Along with general anonymous fan accounts, profiles claiming to represent moderates, Republicans, men, women and white and black voters all jumped on the billionaire’s bandwagon.”

“But, as many Twitter users suspected, some of Schultz’s fan accounts were not the grassroots supporters they claimed to be.”