Imposters posing as Chicago government officials, including Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, posted a series of tweets early Friday morning falsely claiming North Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive is being permanently closed.
The view looking south of Lake Shore Drive traffic, including parks and the cityscape, as seen from the Horizon House on North Sheridan Road in Chicago in 2019.
Impostors posing as Chicago government officials, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, posted a series of tweets early Friday morning falsely claiming that North Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive is being permanently closed. The accounts posting the false tweets claimed to be Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Their posts were seen by well over 100,000 people early in the day, according to Twitter data.The impersonation effort came just a day after Twitter removed verification from accounts that had been previously verified for the purpose of credibility.
“We’re excited to announce that beginning 5/1/23, N. DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be closed to private vehicles between Grand and Hollywood,” the account falsely posing as CDOT wrote.“My administration is proud to announce the single largest decarbonization effort in the history of Chicago. This will eliminate more than 50 million metric tons of CO2 within the next year,” the account falsely impersonating Lightfoot wrote.
After a Tribune reporter first flagged the impersonations in a tweet, mayoral spokesperson Ryan Johnson shared that the Lightfoot administration was aware of the fake accounts and working with Twitter to resolve the matter.We are aware of the fake Twitter accounts, and our team is working with Twitter to resolve this matter.
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