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There Was a Coordinated Attack to Accuse Taylor Swift of Nazism: Research
Behavioral intelligence firm GUDEA found 3.77% of accounts drove 28% of the online discussion falsely linking Taylor Swift to Nazi symbolism using bot networks.
- On Wednesday, December 10, GUDEA researchers reported a coordinated online attack accusing Taylor Swift of promoting Nazi ideas linked to her October album, analyzing over 24,000 posts and 18,000 accounts.
- On fringe forums such as 4chan and KiwiFarms, the story was seeded before migrating to mainstream platforms, while researchers said the activity resembled astroturfing aimed at damaging reputations and GUDEA found overlap with attacks on Blake Lively, signaling a cross-event amplification network.
- During two spikes on October 6–7 and October 13–14, bot-like accounts surged, as 3.77 percent of accounts drove 28 percent of conversation and inauthentic accounts fueled 73.9 percent of posts.
- Swifties defended the singer and challenged claims online, while GUDEA found a cross-event amplification network injecting misinformation and Rolling Stone noted it may be a test-run for moving fanbases.
- By seeding interpretations of words and symbols, attackers exploited algorithmic incentives, GUDEA's Keith Presley warned, noting 50 percent of the web is made up of bots.
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