Phantoms hit Twitterjaya #Merdeka55 tweet-up

Nigel AwPublished: Sep 1, 2012 11:12 AM | Updated: Sep 1, 2012 7:11 PM

While Putrajaya has been accused on numerous occasions of allegedly deploying phantom voters in the general elections, the trend appeared to have caught up with Twitterjaya during the #Merdeka55 tweet-up last night.

Some 38% of the tweets are potentially questionable, perhaps from bots - a software controlling multiple Twitter accounts.

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