Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jin…
The porn and escort ads came from accounts that had been dormant until they started posting thousands of messages once protests broke out, the analysis showed.
The"vast majority" -- more than 95% -- appear to be spam accounts that"tweet at a high, steady rate throughout the day, suggesting automation," Air-Moving Device said."Sadly if a Chinese person decides to come to Twitter to find out what happened in China last night, these [not safe for work] nsfw posts shared by bots are likely the first to show up in their search results," Stanford University's Mengyu Dong wrote.
“Sadly if a Chinese person decides to come to Twitter to find out what happened in China last night, these [not safe for work] nsfw posts shared by bots are likely the first to show up in their search results,” she wrote.if it was proof that “Chinese net censors” were “posting great numbers of sexy photos to distract people from Wuhan protests” or “just to jam the channel?”
“All the China influence operations and analysts at Twitter all resigned,” the unidentified ex-Twitter staffer told the DC paper.
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