Overview
- An AI-driven forensic review of 51 political posts on X found 18,784 of roughly 55,469 interacting profiles — about 33% — were inauthentic between Nov. 11 and Dec. 28, 2025.
- Cyabra says fake profiles generated 31,701 comments and 59,001 total engagements, including a Dec. 26 surge when inauthentic accounts produced 56% of all comments.
- Researchers cited synchronized posting bursts, repeated keywords and emojis, and network-based like–reply loops as indicators of coordinated amplification.
- The firm assessed the activity as reputational, aiming to manufacture visible support for Minaj’s political shift, noting typical fake-account baselines of 7–10% in organic discourse.
- Minaj has not commented; Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz called the report “100% BS,” while Cardi B denied any link as her agent Mike “G” Guirguis acknowledged an advisory role at Cyabra and said it was unrelated to her, and the report’s commissioner was not identified.