Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Accuses Elon Musk of Boosting Twitter Account Impersonating Her: ‘Be Careful of What You See’

thewrap.com:

It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread.I am assessing with my team how to move forward. In the meantime, be careful of what you see.Ocasio-Cortez’s office did not respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.Most of the replies to her Twitter thread do reference a popular lookalike AOC account that may be the target of Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet.

However, the account is clearly labeled as a parody account (per Twitter’s rules on parody account disclosure) and isn’t attempting to be taken seriously.Printing money is the only way out of inflation.The AOC parody account is named “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Release (parody)” with the handle @AOCpress.

In its account bio, it again reiterates its “parody” status. The account is verified with a Twitter Blue checkmark that is distinct from the real Ocasio-Cortez’s grey Twitter verification checkmark, which denotes a government official.

Ergo, the only way to mistake the two profiles is by glancing at the identical profile pictures and mistaking the parody account’s tweets for something the real Ocasio-Cortez would actually say.But the parody account isn’t exactly making at-a-glance distinctions easy.