Johnny Depp was accused by Amber Heard of using trolls to attack her and called his supporters bots or not real persons. However, new research revealed that she has more bot supporters than Depp.
Johnny Depp Fans Are Using Genuine Accounts, Amber Heard Got More Supporters From Inauthentic Accounts
The Aquaman actress claimed in her filing that Johnny Deppa and his lawyer deployed Twitter trolls and Russian bots to attack her online in a smear campaign. Amber Heard alleged that she received various attacks from automated accounts with the goal of ruining her career, The Guardian reported.
Cyabra, a tech company, conducted research on the Twitter accounts actively participating in the discourse of Depp's defamation trial against her and found out that only 11% were inauthentic accounts. Surprisingly, most of them support Heard.
"Whenever there's a lot of people involved, there's always going to be some level of additional, inauthentic conversation going on around a topic," Cyabra CEO Dan Brahmy told Fox News Digital before adding, "usually…about drawing financial interest, or some sort of status or political interest."
Brahmy noted that there was a "very clear distinction between" bot accounts supporting Depp content and Heard content.
The company did not just analyze Depp and Heard's names as words due to the huge volume of mentions. Instead, they sifted accounts using relevant hashtags like "#IStandWithAmberHeard, #BoycottJohnnyDepp, #JusticeForJohnnyDepp" and the likes.
Of the 2,300 accounts that Caybra analyzed, most of the genuine accounts shared pro-Depp content such as hashtags #JusticeForJohnnyDepp, #BoycottAmberHeard and #AmberHeardIsALiar. Meanwhile, the top inauthentic pro-Depp account received almost 20,000 shares on one post.
On the other hand, most of the accounts sharing pro-Heard content were from inauthentic fan pages using hashtags like #JusticeForAmberHeard, #JusticeForAmberHeard, #JohnnyDeppIsALiar and so on.
Johnny Depp Fans Celebrate Because They Are Not Bots, Not Fake
Following the release of the study, several of Johnny Depp's supporters rallied on Twitter to celebrate the fact that they are not bots. They also shaded Amber Heard, who has more bot suporters than the Fantastic Beasts star.
"For the record….. I’m NOT a bot. So for the Love of God quite saying that we are. #JusticeForJohnnyDepp #AmberHeardIsALiar #AmberIsAnAbuser," one tweeted.
"Im a fake just cause i started use twitter for the trial? Just see how old is my acc, im not a fking bot! #ImNotABot #JusticeForJohnnyDepp #JohnnyDepp #AmberHeardIsALiar #AmberTurd," another added.
"Johnny Depp supporters, @ThatUmbrella, Can we let Heard's team fox&CNN know. We Are Not Bots! #JusticeForJohnnyDepp #WeStandWithTheTruth," a third fan tweeted.
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"Yay, I’m not a bot! I’m a real girl! #JusticeForJohnnyDepp #DeppWarriorsGroupHug #Minamata," another Depp supporter added with laughing emojis.
"Not fake. Not a bot. #JusticeForJohnnyDepp," a different user commented.
"I can't believe this idiot is still trying to convince people we are bots. I bet that is what Amber tells herself and fans. She is so narcissistic she can not believe people exist that do not believe her lies. #AmberHeardIsALiar #JusticeForJohnnyDepp," another netizen added.
Stay tuned for more news and updates about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial.
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