Twitter removes nearly 24,000 China-backed disinformation accounts

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Twitter has suspended tens of thousands of accounts that it said were part of a “manipulative” disinformation campaign run by the Chinese government, using Russian-style tactics to spread pro-Beijing messaging around the Hong Kong protests and coronavirus.

The social-media platform said in a statement on Thursday that it had culled 23,750 accounts that were part of a co-ordinated influence campaign run by the People’s Republic of China, plus 150,000 “amplifier” accounts that were designed to further boost that content.

Usually known for propaganda campaigns involving official state-backed media outlets, China’s use of a “covert” operation involving fake accounts signals a shift towards disinformation strategies more commonly associated with Russia and Iran.

“This entire network was involved in a range of manipulative and co-ordinated activities,” Twitter said. “They were tweeting predominantly in Chinese languages and spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China, while continuing to push deceptive narratives about the political dynamics in Hong Kong.”

The takedown, one of the biggest carried out by Twitter to date, comes as US and European governments have accused China publicly of spreading disinformation about coronavirus to capitalise on the health emergency for its own strategic purposes — claims that Beijing has rebuffed.

https://www.ft.com/content/deeb3704-5924-44e3-9363-dd28ce7f67f1

 

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More Western lies - a total inversion of reality.

Like a virus - The coordinated spread of coronavirus disinformation

Analysis of over 25.5 million tweets over 10 days
identifies 5,752 accounts that coordinated 6,559 times
to spread mis- and disinformation regarding the
coronavirus for either commercial or political purposes.
Almost all politically motivated activity promoted right
wing governments or parties. Coordinated spreading of
the China bioweapon conspiracy theory is estimated to
have made over 5 million impressions on Twitter users,
spread by mainly pro-Trump, partisan conservative
and/or QAnon accounts.

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.n...ke_a_virus_-_COVID19_disinformation__Web_.pdf

 

[vi-va]

So twitter is the mouthpiece of US government, and US government only?

Oh, I almost forgot. Not a single western countries care about Kashmir human right, the Indians put Kashmirs under curfew for months.
Silence.

When a black murdered on the street, it's Black Lives Matter movement. Any commemoration for Rwandan Genocide? Just numbers, right?

This is a very dirty, jungle world, but I am totally fine with it, that's the reality.

But west hypocrisy is so disgusting.

 

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The methods in which Chinese posters are responding to allegations and actions against their CCP propaganda hints to massive inner insecurity and turmoil within the ranks of the CCP. Instead of clarifying or defending the act, the Chinese members go on to wildly and incoherently attack whoever raises a finger at anything they are alleged to do (which is exactly how they deal with dissent within the ranks of CCP). China pushed too early and now its designs have been exposed to the world, there is no going back to pretending to be peaceful and progressive.

 

[Beast]

The methods in which Chinese posters are responding to allegations and actions against their CCP propaganda hints to massive inner insecurity and turmoil within the ranks of the CCP. Instead of clarifying or defending the act, the Chinese members go on to wildly and incoherently attack whoever raises a finger at anything they are alleged to do (which is exactly how they deal with dissent within the ranks of CCP). China pushed too early and now its designs have been exposed to the world, there is no going back to pretending to be peaceful and progressive.

More like you cannot accept the reality , western control media to suit their agenda. Nothing to do with human right or truth. While Chinese just speak out the truth about their hyprocrisy.

Why India ban this documentary? Pls dont be selective on your answer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31811129

How India's ban on rape film backfired

 

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More like you cannot accept the reality , western control media to suit their agenda. Nothing to do with human right or truth. While Chinese just speak out the truth about their hyprocrisy.

Why India ban this documentary? Pls dont be selective on your answer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31811129

How India's ban on rape film backfired

Which truth do you speak? Only the truth that Xi Jinping and his follower fabricates because your little mind cannot process real world facts anymore.

 

[Beast]

Which truth do you speak? Only the truth that Xi Jinping and his follower fabricates because your little mind cannot process real world facts anymore.

LOL. Cant answer by inquiry and try to avoid it. Let me ask you again. Where is your so called India media freedom when India ban BBC , rape of India? Audience in India must be very intelligent in differential between truth and fake. No need such ban. Ban is only reserve for autocratic China.

Can you give me a non selective explanation for India government ban of this documentary?