This 17-year-old tricked Twitter into verifying his fake candidate
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Andrew Walz calls himself a "proven business leader" and a "passionate advocate for students." Walz, a Republican from Rhode Island, is running for Congress with the tagline, "Let's make change in Washington together," or so his Twitter account claimed. Earlier this month, Walz's account received a coveted blue checkmark from Twitter as part of the company's broader push to verify the authenticity of many Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates currently running for office. Twitter has framed this effort as key to helping Americans find reliable information about politicians in the leadup to the 2020 election.
But there's just one problem: Walz does not exist. The candidate is the creation of a 17-year-old high school student from upstate New York. The student, who CNN Business spoke to with the permission of his parents and has agreed not to name, said he was "bored" over the holidays and created the fake account to test Twitter's election integrity efforts.
The blue checkmark is a hallmark of Twitter and one that was later copied by Facebook. It is often given to prominent accounts belonging to journalists, politicians, government agencies and businesses. The feature is central to Twitter's goal of helping users find reliable information on the platform, often from verified newsmakers. The fact that a teenager using next to no resources was able to quickly create a fake candidate in his free time and get it verified by Twitter raises questions about the company's preparedness for handling how the 2020 elections will play out on its platform.
Read more about how this teen fooled Twitter: cnn.it/32CfgsE
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this shows how easy it is to fake social media
I’m confused...why would he not allow his name to be used to hide his identity...but then allow his face on camera??
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if you do not understand how he is exposing them ...then i guess you are one of the regular followers in twitter.. Elon Musk exposed 5 out of 6 accounts on twitter to be fake.. so you are one out of 6 or in short if you thought you are talking to real people on twitter ...chances are 9 out of 10 times you were talking to bots :)
This method still works to this day.... Politicians might be a little harder to do now, but athletes work great. I have around 6 verified Twitter accounts doing this same method
Would you be willing to help me out. Would be willing to pay for your help for any amount you would like.
same. but give me more methods
you have no contact info dude
Hey is it okay if I can get one of those accounts? Mossy?
Hello?
why r they talking over annoying music ffs
Ffs means for fuck sakes
@@Dz-nn9gt Ok AND?
You didn’t want to share his name but said that they verified “Peter’s” account
Peters is the last name of the female candidate that is also interviewed in this video.
It's really working with Raymondjames1220 on IG for btc hack
John Norton go to denworld8 on !nstagram to help you
As Long As His NAME doesn't get disclosed 🙄
Ummm face lookup on google lol
KingJKickz Haley that would work on pictures, not faces. Google reverse images search doesn't use face recognition.
@@Ronenlahat ummmm there's a thing called Google Lens and it works on faces and reverse image search also
He has a post now on the internet so he has been self-identified. The post came today.
Basically a tutorial
they verified Schlatt and then removed his verification
Am I surprised? NO!!! Am I worried? YES!!!
wow
CNN said that his name will not be used but his name is in the bio ??? confused 🤷♀️
That's the name of the "fake" candinate dufus
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks Kribtenz
But who uses Twitter?
I got the blue badge permanently through Brain_poulsen
Very wise
R/madlads
I'm not verified its a emoji
dont say omg or oml
How he did dat
Thank you so much to *Ledmitt on lnstagram* got my account verified successfully.
thanks to *55tech* on Instagram he verified my Twitter account, he's a genius
*I actually got my Twitter account verified by *Trust technology* on instagram they are highly recommended... Your details are save with them 💯*
I highly recommend Kribtenz on IG for recovering and verifying my Twitter account I really appreciate
love Jesus Christ and God PLEASE!!!!!! Amen
omg, why are you so fucking annoying.
PS: Jesus doesn't exist.
All thanks to smarthack 2020 in less than two minutes I got my account verified
I appreciate and thanks to thewill147_ Φπ |G
*Finally got my modeling page verified with the blue badge thru Hess0002 on lnstagram*
*Mitch0222 on IG really boosted my music career by Verifying my Page permanently with the Blue check mark*
You may be verified on Twitter, but are you verified in the eyes of Jehovah God?
if you do not understand how he is exposing them ...then i guess you are one of the regular followers in twitter.. Elon Musk exposed 5 out of 6 accounts on twitter to be fake.. so you are one out of 6 or in short if you thought you are talking to real people on twitter ...chances are 9 out of 10 times you were talking to bots :)
*Cyberhitech_ on Instagram*
I got the blue badge permanently through Brain_poulsen
How???
Tell me plzzz
Thank you so much to *Ledmitt on lnstagram* got my account verified successfully.
thanks to *55tech* on Instagram he verified my Twitter account, he's a genius
I appreciate and thanks to thewill147_ Φπ |G
*Finally got my modeling page verified with the blue badge thru Hess0002 on lnstagram*
*Mitch0222 on IG really boosted my music career by Verifying my Page permanently with the Blue check mark*
I appreciate and thanks to thewill147_ Φπ |G
I appreciate and thanks to thewill147_ Φπ |G