Friday, 24 March, 2023

Twitter bans 3,465 state-backed accounts

<p>As part of efforts to limit the influence of information manipulation campaigns on its platform, Twitter removed another 3,465 state-backed accounts. The vast majority of accounts banned in the purge rounds were associated with China, with over 2,000 accounts promoting Chinese Communist Party narratives. Twitter shared relevant data from the disclosure with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Cazadores de Fake News, and the Stanford Internet Observatory.<br /> &nbsp;</p>