An alt-right blogger with 80k followers is a fictional entity created by Russian troll farm

Alt-right blogger Jenna Abrams (@Jenn_Abrams) enjoyed a large following in Twitter, and her tweets were cited by Buzzfeed, the NY Times, and other news agencies. It turned out "she" was another creation of the Internet Research Agency, the Russian government-funded troll farm in St. Petersburg.

From The Daily Beast:

Remnants from some of Abrams most elaborate conspiracies and xenophobic opinions still remain in replies from celebrities sparring withor agreeing withher account.

Roseanne Barr responded to one of Abrams tweets on Feb. 2, 2016, to call a common enemy pro-pedophile. Abrams tweet earlier in the day about a Saudi Arabian Starbucks went viral, meriting pickup from The Telegraph and Russia Today, and even a response from Starbucks corporate Twitter account.

Barr elaborated in a tweet later in the month, saying dems repubs libertarians indies greens, black white yellow red-all religions are #PEDOPHILES.

Even Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia and an expert in Russian propaganda, got into a number of Twitter spats with Abrams. McFaul responded to Abrams posts in 10 separate months between February of 2015 and August of 2016.

Before they knew the account was run by paid disinformation agents, Abrams ahistorical slavery revisionism irked journalists and historians alike.

Al Letson, the host of the Center for Investigative Reportings Reveal podcast, received over 65,000 retweets and 153,000 likes when he refuted Abrams incorrect Civil War claim.

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