Two different online audit tools say no more than 44 per cent of Hillary’s 3.6 million Twitter fans are real people who participate in the platform The newly minted presidential candidate is fending off accusations that her Facebook page is full of fake ‘likes’ Her Facebook fan base includes more people from Baghdad, Iraq than any US city When she was secretary of state, her agency paid $630,000 to bulk up its Facebook likes, but pledged to stop after she left | Updated: 10:51 EST, 14 April 2015 Although Hillary Clinton boasts a robust 3.6 million Twitter followers, not even a vast right-wing conspiracy would be able to interact with 2 million of them. According to two popular online measuring tools, no more than 44 per cent of her Twitter fan base consists of real people who are active in using the social media platform. And at least 15 per cent – more than 544,000 – are completely fake. […]
