Raynauld on Increase of Pro-Trump Fake Social Media Profiles

Communication Studies associate professor and political communication expert Vincent Raynauld discussed the rise of pro-Trump fake social media profiles ahead of the U.S. November election with Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN), a French Canadian outlet based in Montreal.

Raynauld says two potential reasons are other countries have incentives for changing political conversations in the U.S., and economics – quite simply, the people or organizations behind the accounts can make money.

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