Influence tweets

These are the so-called "troll" tweets that were from those Twitter claims were trying to influence recent elections. The raw data is available here.

Post type can be one of QUOTE_TWEET, RETWEET, or an empty value.

retweet can be 0 or 1.

regions include "Iran, Islamic Republic of", "Russian Federation", "Unknown", an empty value, and standard English country names.

languages include "Farsi (Persian)", "Simplified Chinese", "Traditional Chinese", "Tagalog (Filipino)", "LANGUAGE UNDEFINED", and standard English language names.

Author Content Retweet Language Region Post type Followers Followingval Updates
4MYSQUAD '@FoxNews no they are not' 0 English United States 812 4441 396
4MYSQUAD '@RT_com so-called turkish freedom of speech?' 0 English United States 812 4441 397
4MYSQUAD '@washingtonpost we need strict gun control!' 0 English United States 812 4440 410
4MYSQUAD 20 victim shooting incident in #SanBernadino #shooting https://t.co/1lQKpRtRFT https://t.co/Xlnm92QXGV 0 English United States 812 4440 409
4MYSQUAD Media now: Black = gang member Muslim = terrorist White = lonewolf with mental problems. #SanBernadino #racism https://t.co/pXhzXvfrW8 0 English United States 812 4440 412
4MYSQUAD '@dorychc_fl I aint promoting hate... Just wait until they got the suspects' 0 English United States 811 4535 413
4MYSQUAD Truth is that 97% of the shooters were 'mentally ill whites' #SanBernadino #SanBernadinoShooting https://t.co/OjPFADXi9D 0 English United States 811 4733 414
4MYSQUAD '@CBSNews Another mentally disturbed trump lover?' 0 English United States 810 4733 415
4MYSQUAD '@BBCBreaking Start calling mass shootings a terrorist act regardless of skin color / religion / & all that other crap.' 0 English United States 810 4733 417
4MYSQUAD '@CBSNews @jeffpeguescbs Start calling mass shootings a terrorist act regardless of skin color / religion' 0 English United States 810 4733 418
4MYSQUAD '@ABC Ban NRA! They are murdering american citizens! No more gun nuts!' 0 English United States 810 4733 419
4MYSQUAD '@NBCNews time to ban NRA and all gun nuts!' 0 English United States 810 4733 421
4MYSQUAD '@realDonaldTrump Oh shut up! Your fans are killing people right now!' 0 English United States 810 4733 422
4MYSQUAD '@efrain_4chins @NBCNews very funny. I like you' 0 English United States 810 4733 423
4MYSQUAD '@Reuters Start calling mass shootings a terrorist act. No matter who committed it!' 0 English United States 810 4733 424
4MYSQUAD '@BenJam432 @deray @iVokalz NO mass shooting been prevented by open carry in last 30 years!' 0 English United States 810 4733 425
4MYSQUAD '@HuffingtonPost First cities should ban NRA' 0 English United States 810 4733 427
4MYSQUAD '@deray 2nd amendment is BS! To stop the slaughter NRA should be banned People should learn responsibility for what they do and what they own' 0 English United States 810 4733 426
4MYSQUAD #SanBernadinoShooting is the deadliest since the 2012 massacre at #SandyHook 355th mass shooting this year 0 English United States 810 4733 428
4MYSQUAD #SanBernadinoShooting is the deadliest since the 2012 massacre at #SandyHook 355th mass shooting this year https://t.co/IbF2FYJptt 0 English United States 810 4733 428
4MYSQUAD '@HuffPostPol California will spare no effort in bringing these TERRORIST to justice.' 0 English United States 810 4733 429
4MYSQUAD '@washingtonpost get rid of NRA and their \mentally disturbed' white terrorists!' 0 English United States 810 4733 430
4MYSQUAD '@deray we should also inform people of all the responsibility for owning a gun' 0 English United States 810 4733 431
4MYSQUAD '@BernieSanders we should care about our vets!' 0 English United States 812 4441 398
4MYSQUAD '@realDonaldTrump @ReversingASD @CNN @CNNOpinion no one cares' 0 English United States 812 4441 399
4MYSQUAD '@megynkelly @Richardafowler get rid of lawless cops!' 0 English United States 812 4441 401
4MYSQUAD '@megynkelly cops should not get away with murder' 0 English United States 812 4441 402
4MYSQUAD '@realDonaldTrump you are liar' 0 English United States 812 4441 400
4MYSQUAD '@megynkelly police AINT doing their job. They are murdering innocents!' 0 English United States 812 4441 403
4MYSQUAD '@Columbus2382 @realDonaldTrump so how exactly that was proved?' 0 English United States 812 4441 404
4MYSQUAD '@FoxNews @billburton @tedcruz @realDonaldTrump great news!' 0 English United States 813 4441 405
4MYSQUAD #Cop Abused Kids and Got Away With It Because of His Badge https://t.co/BnWVACqsKd #policestate #policebrutality https://t.co/qL8MmzecDD 0 English United States 811 4440 406
4MYSQUAD He pretty much said everything except Kanye's name. https://t.co/AAykj61sIC 1 English United States RETWEET 4794 3993 1612
4MYSQUAD HIV Criminalization: Another Way To Lock Up Young Black Men https://t.co/exlysjv8Dz 0 English United States 4794 3993 1613
4MYSQUAD RIP Joe #FuckWhitePeople https://t.co/KuXT4toIoc 0 English United States 4794 3993 1615
4MYSQUAD This is a GREAT piece on Rosa Parks. I really didn't know a lot of this info before reading it. https://t.co/xWA7PSm67i 1 English United States RETWEET 4794 3993 1614
4MYSQUAD The DJ just said "We about to do it for my Caribbean people in the building." And then starting playing Drake. https://t.co/28LUViFjTQ 1 English United States RETWEET 4794 3993 1616
4MYSQUAD #EndNegativeBlackStereotypes https://t.co/ebajRYNlCi 0 English 4793 3992 1619
4MYSQUAD Colin Kaepernick donates to Black Youth Project 100 https://t.co/jawhndKaRl https://t.co/qL0VwToB8K 1 English United States RETWEET 4793 3992 1617
4MYSQUAD LA County Sheriff's Deputies Murder Suspect https://t.co/XwUgPPTGfZ #policestate #policebrutality https://t.co/dD8NTPKvH3 0 English United States 1059 4052 655
4MYSQUAD 14 police depts only killed black people this year https://t.co/5ra1Dpgr2h You call that justice? #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/Gpe31s05cd 0 English United States 1098 4505 657
4MYSQUAD Mall tries to block BLM protest https://t.co/lHhCa36UYy #BlackLivesMatter #MOASueMeToo https://t.co/z7zx4xIBbc 0 English United States 1101 4537 658
4MYSQUAD Teen died shielding 3 girls from gunfire https://t.co/Q3xB8pfIWT #hero #BlackTwitter https://t.co/8Cvzx98GKc 0 English United States 1060 4051 656
4MYSQUAD Trial Date is set In Sandra Bland's wrongful-death suit https://t.co/D0IxEO4pU7 #JusticeForSandraBland https://t.co/uePxwqdHxB 0 English United States 1145 4999 660
4MYSQUAD 22 police shootings and no audio in any https://t.co/4sOUL5Xvzg #policebrutality #BlackLivesMatter #policestate https://t.co/CA20tHjhF8 0 English United States 1148 4999 661
4MYSQUAD Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that MATTER #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/1IsYwoFwpJ 0 English United States 1148 4998 662
4MYSQUAD '@ShaunKing she did nothing wrong!' 0 English United States 1112 4638 659
4MYSQUAD How about stop killing people for nothing? Cops must both enforce and obey the law #policestate #policebrutality https://t.co/W4ohvEyJca 0 English United States 1170 4794 663
4MYSQUAD Rules of the Black Panther Party https://t.co/NgfJntzJaN https://t.co/deQWAs4kKl 0 English United States 1170 4297 664
4MYSQUAD #BlackXmas2 #BlackLivesMatter #BlackChristmas https://t.co/SwyXDn4xLS 0 English United States 1170 4297 665

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