An auto-tweeting ‘baby poop’ video is worming its way through Twitter

Twitter is seeing a Tuesday rush of spam from an unofficial app claiming itself to be “Twitter Video.” When a user falls for the guise and authorizes the app, it starts auto-tweeting from their account. A fake video titled “Baby Poops in His Onesie, But Dog’s Response Leaves Millions of People in Hysterics” has seemingly resulted in a wave of people falling for the hoax.The spam has affected Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, and others like Dwight Garn