We see a lot of crazy, blue-checked people on Twitter, and we wonder how some of them ever got verified.
At least we thought we could rely upon the Twitter claim that blue-checked folks were actually confirmed by Twitter to be real people.
But, now comes the very strange story of “Dr. Jialun Chen,” why he is verified, and who is really behind the account — after the car-ramming incident at the Capitol yesterday, allegedly committed by Noah Green, who was a member of the Nation of Islam.
But the @DrJialun account immediately blamed President Donald Trump and “Trump insurrectionists.”
Trump insurrectionists are attacking our Capitol again. Multiple reports that 2 Capitol police have been shot. https://t.co/gkGad08mou
— – (@DrJialun) April 2, 2021
Here’s what the account looked like before it did away with its pictures:
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) April 3, 2021
Even after it was pointed out that it was quite likely that it had nothing to do with Trump, the Jialun account still blamed Republicans.
Earlier I made a tweet, in my misjudgement claiming today's attack on the Capitol was done by Trump supporting insurrectionists. This wasn't the case, however Trump and his supporters have denigrated the sanctity of the Capitol building and laid the ground work for future attacks
— – (@DrJialun) April 2, 2021
If Trump supporters didn’t storm the Capitol on January 6th, today’s attack would have never happened. Trump is responsible. Republicans are responsible.
— – (@DrJialun) April 2, 2021
But there was a problem. The account ,when I first noticed it, had 52 followers, which you never see Twitter verify — and it was just started in March.
The person claimed to be a doctor in the San Francisco Bay Area, but listed affiliation with “Hospital Santa Cruz,” which doesn’t exist in the area but does in Mexico and Brazil. The banner is one stolen from Ellis Medicine, which the person appears to have no relation to, and the picture appears to be stolen from a Korean doctor who joined Twitter in 2011.
This account was setup in March, has fewer than 100 followers, and is already verified.
The man behind this account claims to be a physician in SF and is already verified?
One of his first tweets was spreading Chinese government propaganda about the Uyghurs. pic.twitter.com/2dR7LYHKjT
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 3, 2021
He had a LinkedIn. It’s gone now. And there’s no CA medical assistant license attached to that name. This is not a real person. pic.twitter.com/0KEotDDhM8
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 3, 2021
He also stole this person’s Linked In “About” section.
Their linkedin account has the exact same “About” section as this other profile https://t.co/JJ5cRIHIYU
They even stole the sas credential ID numbers! Which you can verify belong to leyi zhang, not chen jialun.
This is a clear fake. How the hell does this get verified?
— Chris Lamping (@ChrisLamping) April 2, 2021
It also lists him as a “freelance journalist” for CNN. So, perhaps it’s not strange that everything is weird?
It’s pretty clear that the person was pushing CCP talking points.
China has administered 65 million COVID-19 vaccinations as of today. This is a big achievement by China's National Health Commission.https://t.co/O4Fn89zBSU
— – (@DrJialun) March 15, 2021
China has invested in Xinjiang, modernizing the cities, building 21 airports, $1.2 billion in the last five years on upgrading and building new schools for children, linking the region with bullet trains etc.https://t.co/Vecz5vP6LC
— – (@DrJialun) March 15, 2021
Xinjiang And Uyghurs – What You’re Not Being Toldhttps://t.co/Vecz5vP6LC
— – (@DrJialun) April 2, 2021
The person didn’t have a lot of followers, but some of the first followers were very troubling. The fourth follower was Chen Weihua, the China Daily EU Bureau Chief (the propaganda paper of the State), and the second follower is the Twitter Verified account, that says it’s working on a new verified process.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) April 3, 2021
So for some reason, this account was followed early by the Twitter Verified account, was verified almost immediately after it was created (something generally unheard of unless you’re a major celebrity), and has been pushing CCP propaganda ever since.
Perhaps Jack would like to explain this?
HT: Twitchy
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