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Twitter and Facebook crack down on accounts linked to Chinese campaign against Hong Kong

Twitter and Facebook crack down on accounts linked to Chinese campaign against Hong Kong

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/19/twitter-china-hong-kong-accounts

Company also suspends thousands of accounts as it reports ‘state-backed information operation’

Twitter has removed nearly 1,000 accounts and suspended thousands of others tied to a campaign by the Chinese government against protesters in Hong Kong, the company announced on Monday.

Twitter and Facebook crack down on accounts linked to Chinese campaign against Hong Kong

Aug 20, 2019, 4:35pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/19/twitter-china-hong-kong-accounts > Company also suspends thousands of accounts as it reports ‘state-backed information operation’ > Twitter has removed nearly 1,000 accounts and suspended thousands of others tied to a campaign by the Chinese government against protesters in Hong Kong, the company announced on Monday.