Twitter has suspended nearly 1,000 accounts from within China that it found to be deliberately sowing political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the protest movement on the ground.
have suspended numerous accounts that they say are tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.it suspended 936 accounts likely related to the activity. The company said the disinformation campaign was designed to "sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political protest movement on the ground.
The move comes after social media site Pinboard warned days earlier that China was using Twitter to distribute posts from state media discrediting the protests. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey are sworn-in for a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.The company didn't call out any specific news outlets in the post, but said it was including any entities that are "either financially or editorially controlled by the state.
"We're taking down these Pages, Groups and accounts based on their behavior, not the content they posted," Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, said in the post. "As with all of these takedowns, the people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for our action."
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