Twitter removes over 170,000 China-linked accounts spreading false coronavirus, Hong Kong information
Twitter has removed over 170,000 accounts linked to China that were engaged in “a range of manipulative and coordinated” activities around issues such as the coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong. In a blog post, Twitter explained that 23,750 accounts comprised the “highly engaged” core of the network. Another 150,000 accounts were “amplifiers” designed to boost the …