Beautiful Women Suddenly Say "I Support Trump"... As Expected, Fake

56 Fake X Accounts Supporting Trump Confirmed
"No Evidence Linking Them to Trump Presidential Campaign"

Fake X (formerly Twitter) accounts that appear to support former U.S. President Donald Trump are rampant among young female influencers in Europe.

On the 28th (local time), CNN in the United States, in collaboration with the UK-based NGO Center for Information Resilience (CIR), conducted a joint digital investigation and identified 56 fake X accounts supporting former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, and J.D. Vance, the vice-presidential candidate and U.S. Senator.

All of these accounts used photos of young women with striking appearances. However, some of these photos were stolen, and others were generated by AI (artificial intelligence). CNN confirmed that 17 fashion and beauty influencers from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Russia had their photos stolen and used by these fake accounts.

Photos of European influencers used in fake X accounts. [Image source=Center for Information Resilience (CIR) website]

For example, Luna, who introduced herself as a 32-year-old woman from Wisconsin, joined X in March this year and promoted Trump's campaign slogan "MAGA" (Make America Great Again), gaining 30,000 followers.

She continuously spread conspiracy theories such as Trump facing additional assassination attempts, posted many messages opposing LGBTQ (sexual minorities), transgender people, and vaccines, and promoted racism and xenophobia. Last month, she shared a selfie taken at the beach with the caption, "Will you support Trump becoming president forever?" The post garnered 54,000 views.

However, Luna was not a real person. The brown-haired woman in the photos posted on the account was Debby Nederlof, a German fashion influencer who does not have voting rights in the U.S. She expressed anger, saying, "What is going on?" upon discovering that her photos she had posted online were used by the pro-Trump fake accounts.

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a press conference on the 15th (local time) at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

The affected women told CNN in interviews that their photos were used without consent or their identities were stolen, and even after reporting, little action was taken, causing them difficulties.

However, CNN reported that there is no evidence yet that the Trump presidential campaign is involved. Grammatical errors in English were found in these accounts, and similar errors appeared in messages from other accounts. Experts suggest this could be a sign of foreign interference. Emily Horne, former spokesperson for the White House National Security Council (NSC), said that several countries' organizations attempted disinformation campaigns using social media ahead of this year's U.S. election, and regarding the origins of the fake accounts, "This could be a state actor. Given the level of sophistication, it could be one of the hostile state actors including Russia, Iran, or China."

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