Twitter and Facebook take down covert Chinese accounts that tried to undermine Hong Kong demonstrators

Some accounts called demonstrators"cockroaches" or compared them to Islamic State terrorists. All the offending accounts have been taken down from Twitter and Facebook.Twitter said it identified a network of more than 900 accounts that"were deliberately and specifically attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement on the ground.

Democracy demonstrators have massed throughout Hong Kong for 11 consecutive weekends.Twitter initially identified the network and shared details about the accounts with Facebook. Facebook then identified about a dozen pages, accounts and groups on its platform that were tied to the operation.

你们不是号称言论自由么，怎么我们表达自己想法就不行了？

Most of the demonstrators are students. If some students express support for the police, they will be treated discriminatoryly. You have no choice at all. I feel that this behavior is very similar to the previous Communist Party.

So it's only with CNN that politics is right? Or is it all a secret infiltration of the state? No wonder your president will go mad.

Umm well actually have you considered both sides?

This is purely fake fake faking fakery news. It's all false. Twitter and Facebook are pushing their own fake news onto us and we're just lapping it up aren't we? Congratulations on fooling the public with this stupid faking crap!

People can't see this but part of the Russian hacking of our elections is to disrupt internet streaming news feeds to deter people from reconnecting & getting the news. It works.

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