Twitter accuses China of running a disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters, attempting to “sow political discord”, suspends 936 associated accounts
We're disclosing coordinated account activity focused on the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong. Our investigations have found that these accounts are linked to state-backed information operations from mainland China. https://blog.twitter.com/...
BREAKING: Twitter says it has uncovered a “significant state-backed information operation” originating from inside China aimed “deliberately and specifically attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
Twitter and Facebook have determined that chinese state-run operations have been using their services to propagate lies to deliberately influence political discord against HK. Maybe Susan Thornton or Swaine should be hired as their lobbyists to write another pro-ccp letter #china…
It took long enough, but they are now acting. Bots suspended. What about the promoted posts from state media, which also seem to violate some of the said fundamental principles Twitter is built on? https://twitter.com/...
though twitter's taken p quick action here, those state actors shouldn't have been able to buy that ad space to begin with, imo; at least not without SERIOUS review https://twitter.com/...