Twitter Suspends Fake Associated Press Accounts Posting Election Results

Twitter Inc. said it permanently suspended several accounts falsely claiming to be tied to the Associated Press after they posted unverified U.S. election results. According to screenshots circulating online and a review of the accounts in question, four accounts were disabled after making calls on the results of an undeclared swing state in the presidential election that the news agency had not made.

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