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• Twitter Twitter on x

  Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations we've removed

• @twittersafety @twittersafety on x

  We're disclosing new state-linked information operations to our public archive — the only one of its kind in the industry. Originating from the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Turkey, all associated accounts and content have been removed. https://blog.twitter.com/..…

• @noupside Renee DiResta on x

  🚨🧵 Today Twitter announced a takedown of a network of 23,750 accounts attributed to the PRC 🇨🇳, with technical indicators linking the operation to the network suspended in August 2019. SIO participated in the analysis. Report: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/ ...

• @yannikouts Yannis Koutsomitis on x

  Twitter deletes thousands of Turkish troll accounts and Erdoğan's communications director accuses @Twitter of trying to protect terrorism. Huh. https://blog.twitter.com/... #Turkey ↨ https://twitter.com/...

• @californiapanda Steven Cheung on x

  Important to also note— according to @nytimes— that fake accounts from China “amplify pro-Beijing messages” while trying to discredit Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @nakashimae Ellen Nakashima on x

  Twitter removes more than 23,000 accounts it says are part of a Chinese Communist Party information operation. Aim is to undermine power of Hong Kong protests and restore lost legitimacy over handling of covid19. @annafifield @lizzadwoskin https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  Normal platform. https://twitter.com/...

• @societyofhonor JoeAm on x

  This is big. Twitter is removing accounts from China, Russia, others that are essentially trolling platforms pushing agenda, not unique individuals engaging in dialogue. Kudos to Twitter for identifying these accounts and taking them out. https://twitter.com/...

• @nakashimae Ellen Nakashima on x

  Fergus Hanson of @ASPI_org: “While the Chinese Communist Party won't allow the Chinese people to use Twitter, it is happy to use it covertly to sow propaganda and disinformation internationally.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @jack @jack on x

  Disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations https://twitter.com/...

• @opdeatheaters @opdeatheaters on x

  Wow thanks @Jack! We have been begging for this for YEARS! #opDeathEaters https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @ecmclaughlin Elizabeth C. McLaughlin on x

  Wow. And this is why being here, no matter how hellish it sometimes may be, is way better than being on Facebook. https://twitter.com/...

• @yoyoel Yoel Roth on x

  Grateful for our team's work, focus, and for the collaboration with our partners at @ASPI_ICPC and @StanfordIO. Detecting and disrupting disinformation around the world is critically important to us all. Full details on today's disclosure are on our blog: https://blog.twitter.com…

• @sameer_singh17 Sameer Singh on x

  Downside of the great firewall: You can't exert influence over companies you've locked out of the country. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshuawongcf @joshuawongcf on x

  The Chinese propaganda apparatus on social media is vast. If you want to understand Hong Kong, read Hong Kong sources. Don't fall into the trap of disinformation. https://twitter.com/...

• @smitaprakash Smita Prakash on x

  Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. The accounts were “spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China.” And this when Twitter is blocked in China! https://edition.cnn.com/...

• @paulmozur @paulmozur on x

  Amazing. Reminder if China wants Chinese voices on Twitter, it could unblock Twitter. One way Twitter identified coordinated campaigns linked to Beijing was by looking at accounts signing on to Twitter from IP addresses within China that were not blocked by the Great Firewall. ht…

• @hiro_hamakawa Hiro Hamakawa on x

  170,000 🇨🇳 accounts on @Twitter. Not to mention 🇨🇳's spokesperson & Hu Xijin & 🇨🇳 state media. And they fan the flames of US riots, never underestimate 🇨🇳's influences in cultivating a “Communist Revolution” IN US. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @cnn @cnn on x

  Twitter announced that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts said they pushed deceptive narratives around the Hong Kong protests, Covid-19, and other topics. https://www.cnn.com/...

• @dktatlow Didi Kirsten Tatlow on x

  Excellent new report: “To deflect attention from its early mishandling of a health and economic crisis that has now gone global, the CCP has unashamedly launched waves of disinformation and influence operations intermingled with diplomatic messaging” https://www.aspi.org.au/...

• @perpetualmaniac Zach Vorhies on x

  Wait... how is this not HUGE news? https://twitter.com/...

• @demosisto @demosisto on x

  This time, 170,000+ #WuMao fake accounts were culled. Do not underestimate #China's overseas propaganda efforts on spinning #Coronavirus and #HongKongProtests. https://edition.cnn.com/...