Twitter said thousands of accounts that were spreading 'geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China' were removed.
Twitter has taken down thousands of accounts linked to China that were part of a "manipulative and coordinated" campaign to spread disinformation.
The social media site said that 23,750 accounts that were spreading "geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China " were removed. Another 150,000 accounts designed to boost that content were also taken down. The state-backed Twitter campaign highlights a shift in tactics from Beijing that have become more covert and akin to Russia's disinformation tactics online, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think tank, which analyzed the recently taken down accounts.that it engaged in a disinformation spreading campaign on social media.Protests in Hong Kong, China's response to the coronavirus outbreak and Taiwan are among the topics the state-backed accounts tweeted about.
Ultimately, the accounts "were largely caught early and failed to achieve considerable traction on the service, typically holding low follower accounts and low engagement," Twitter said.
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