C11 Blog Post 2 "Rogue' Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply"

An article given out in my Government class is about "Rogue" twitter accounts. Rogue twitter accounts that are accounts that look like official federal agencies. These accounts claimed to be run by members of the organization, but some have changed who says to be running the account. Therefore we don't know for sure who is running theses accounts because the owners have not come forward. Many of these rogue accounts such as AltUSNatParkServie and AltUSForestService have been tweeting about climate change and opposing the Trump administration. These rogue accounts are not a new thing. Why rogue accounts are getting so much attention now because many have formed as the result of the Trump's administrations "gag" orders on a few of the federal agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency has been reported targeted by Trump administration over its climate research. Now the accounts just want o share facts and spread information, some include jokes and comments directed to Trump. They are just advocating for participatory democracy. Which they have the right to do.

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