Twitter deletes Chinese 'state-linked' disinformation network

HONG KONG – Twitter said Friday, June 12, it had deleted more than 170,000 accounts linked to a Chinese government disinformation campaign that targeted Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and sought to discredit the United States.acceded to Beijing's demands

But Chinese diplomats and state media have flocked to such platforms in recent years to push Beijing's narrative. "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," Twitter wrote in its analysis.The Australian Strategic Policy Institute – a Canberra-based think-tank – analyzed the dataset ahead of the announcement and said the network was primarily looking to sway views within the global Chinese diaspora.

"While the Chinese Communist Party won't allow the Chinese people to use Twitter, our analysis shows it is happy to use it to sow propaganda and disinformation internationally," Fergus Hanson, director of ASPI's cyber centre, wrote. The paper found hundreds of accounts that appeared to operate solely to cheer on and amplify China's leading envoys and state-run news outlets.

In Friday's announcement, Twitter said it also removed about 7,000 accounts boosting support for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a similar network of about 1,100 promoting Russia's ruling party.

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I think Rappler employs like 5 ppl. Rambo. Sofia. Ressa, a web guy, and another guy who just cuts and pastes free garbage articles from the left-wing foreign press.

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