It turns out a substantial chunk of President Donald Trump’s followers on Twitter hail from shadowy, anonymous sources. But in practice, the most suspect account on Twitter is the egg. Popular Twitter accounts like Trump’s tend to attract fake and otherwise dubious followers. But unlike real followers who may dissent from time to time, Twitter eggs (at least many of them) will happily parrot whatever those tweets may be. Earlier this week, a Twitter lawsuit revealed that the Trump administration was attempting to force the company to identify the person behind an anonymous account critical of the president.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2017 23:37 UTC