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By Jack Nicas. On Friday morning, President Trump shared a seemingly innocuous article on Twitter. The piece said that his sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau, had publicly voiced her support for her brother amid his baseless claims that he won the election. Trump wrote to his sisterwho has long avoided the spotlight. There was just one problem: Ms. Trump Grau had not said what the article claimed. In fact, the article Mr. Trump shared was based on a fake Twitter account that posed as his sister. Trump Grau as its profile picture. The article on Mr. It was a day old. The photos it used of Ms. Trump Grau were taken from Getty Images Anlaysis past news articles about her.

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And since that first post, the account Analsis tweeted increasingly bizarre messagessharply criticizing Democrats, journalists and Republicans who had questioned the false claim that Mr. Trump was re-elected. The bizarre episode illustrates how easily misinformation spreads online, often with the help of the president himself. And the social media companies aid the cycle by making it simple to share misinformation, including via fake accounts, and by training their algorithms to promote material that attracts more attention, as sensational and divisive posts often do.

Trump Grau did not respond to messages left at a phone number and email listed for her in public records. Vice News reported on Friday that a person who identified herself as Ms. Trump Grau had said she was trying to get the account deleted.

Shortly after, Mr. Hours later, the account came clean. By that time, Twitter had deleted the account that posed as Ms. Trump Grau. By Kevin Roose. Here at Daily Distortions, we try to debunk false and misleading information that has gone viral. We also want to give you a sense of how popular that misinformation is, in the overall context of what is being discussed on social media. On Fridays, we feature lists of the 10 most-engaged stories of the week in the United States, as ranked by NewsWhip, a firm that compiles social media performance data.

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NewsWhip tracks the number of reactions, shares and comments each story receives on Facebook, along with shares on Pinterest and by a group of influential users on Twitter. Some of these stories have presented utterly false claims about vote-deleting computer programs and imaginary military raids. The missing votes were the result of a reporting error, and there were nowhere near enough of them to make up for Mr.

State officials have since certified the election resultsreaffirming Mr. Despite the surfeit of election-related news, the top 10 stories by engagement on social media this week were only roughly half about politics. The other half? Los Angeles Times: The holidays are saved! Charlie Brown specials will air on PBS after allinteractions. Click here Georgia nearing completion of statewide ballot audit, official saysinteractions.]