Tech

Obama Loses 2 Million Followers in Twitter’s Crackdown on Fake Accounts

CLEANING UP

Twitter’s purge of locked accounts hits the ex-president’s social media hard.

Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

Will Sommer 

Politics Reporter

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Kevin Poulsen

Kevin Poulsen

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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Will Sommer

Will Sommer

Politics Reporter

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William.Sommer@thedailybeast.com

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