Fake Social Media Accounts Target Albania Protest Supporters
Vladimir KarajTiranaBIRNJuly 24, 202608:34Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed social media algorithms for fuelling the so-called Flamingo Revolution protests, but data obtained by BIRN shows that hundreds of fake accounts have been created to push the government’s own narrative and denigrate the protesters. After weeks of protests demanding his resignation, Prime Minister Edi Rama accused social media algorithms of having “poured gasoline on the fire” of Albania’s so-called Flamingo Revolution. “The more views you get, the more influence you have.
- ▪Vladimir KarajTiranaBIRNJuly 24, 202608:34Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed social media algorithms for fuelling the so-called Flamingo Revolution protests, but data obtained by BIRN shows that hundreds of fake accounts have been created t
- ▪After weeks of protests demanding his resignation, Prime Minister Edi Rama accused social media algorithms of having “poured gasoline on the fire” of Albania’s so-called Flamingo Revolution.
- ▪“The more views you get, the more influence you have.
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Vladimir KarajTiranaBIRNJuly 24, 202608:34Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed social media algorithms for fuelling the so-called Flamingo Revolution protests, but data obtained by BIRN shows that hundreds of fake accounts have been created to push the government’s own narrative and denigrate the protesters. After weeks of protests demanding his resignation, Prime Minister Edi Rama accused social media algorithms of having “poured gasoline on the fire” of Albania’s so-called Flamingo Revolution. “The more views you get, the more influence you have. The more influence you have, the more power you hold. Power over whom? Over the slaves of the algorithms – over all of us,” Rama told parliamentarians from his governing Socialist Party.
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