Twitter closes thousands of fake news accounts worldwide

The move affected pro-Saudi accounts coming from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates directed at Qatar and Yemen, Twitter said, as well as others from China seeking to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong.The move is the latest in a series of actions by social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter cracking down on manipulation, often by state-controlled entities disguising their identities.

Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, has enforced an economic boycott of Qatar since June 2017, accusing the Gulf nation of links to extremist groups and being too close to Iran.The close confidante of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who ran Riyadh's media centre and managed an electronic army unabashedly defending its image, was implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 but was never formally charged.

The UAE is a key partner in the Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Huthis in Yemen in a five-year conflict that has devastated the country. This follows the identification in August of more than 200,000 fake accounts in China engaged in fuelling public discord in Hong Kong.Hong Kong has seen months of unrest as citizens protest what they say is an erosion of freedoms under Beijing's tightening grip.

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