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Pro-Russia Accounts Used Twitter Blue to Push Ohio Train Derailment Misinfo

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

The anonymous accounts used Musk’s loose new verification system to slap credibility on unverified claims about pollution maps and animal die-offs.

Josh Fiallo
Josh Fiallo 

Breaking News Reporter

Anonymous pro-Russia accounts on Twitter shared misinformation about the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.
Alan Freed/Reuters
Josh Fiallo

Josh Fiallo

Breaking News Reporter

ByJoshFiallo

Josh.Fiallo@thedailybeast.com

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