Twitter suspends Bloomberg 'fan' accounts for manipulation and spam

You can't buy friends, but man oh man Michael Bloomberg sure is trying. 

The recent Republican and current candidate for the Democratic party's presidential nomination has made waves with a shady social media marketing campaign that veered hard into sponcon. But that, it seems, was just the tip of the iceberg. The latest example of suspicious online activity in support of the billionaire comes in the form of a number of now-suspended Twitter accounts singing their identical pro-Bloomberg praises.

First reported by the Los Angeles Times, on Friday Twitter suspended 70 Bloomberg fan accounts it determined were in violation of its rules.  Read more...