Phweeter: an imposter tweeter
Julius Malema, the controversial youth leader of South Africa’s governing ANC (and recent hate speech convict), is battling a new front to salvage his reputation – this time against Twitter. The divisive politicien has threatened to shut Twitter down if it does not address the not one, not two, but 12 phweeters tweeting in his name.
Twitter has a policy that allows for satire, phweet accounts, and parody tweeting, so long as phweeters clearly identify themselves as phweeters. It is unlikely that Twitter will take the Malema threats seriously reports the BBC due to the popularity of the site, and well, lets face it, Malema’s own reputation as a defamatory public figure.
Here is a link to some infamous Phweeter accounts, including former Russian President Vladimir Putin, George Bush, and Mao Zedong.
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