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Great Chinese Propaganda action to Covid-19 flies
Li Xueren/XinHua/Reuters Xi Jinping (M), President of China, Li Keqiang (M,l), Prime Minister of China, and other politicians in may at the opening session of the third session of the National people’s Congress in the Great hall of the people part
Twitter has removed more than 170,000 allegedly in the interest of the Chinese government-controlled Propaganda Accounts of its platform. The action 23.750 user accounts had been discovered and eliminated, had engaged in a high degree in the dissemination of false information, informed of the short message service on Thursday (local time). The accounts were for the most part been early detected and removed.
In addition, Twitter have about 150,000 Accounts, still, the news through Retweets and Likes more widespread and reproduction should have given, which were supposedly the Agenda of China’s government. The content was about the protests in Hong Kong, or the spread of the Coronavirus. It is also dubious user accounts were eliminated, the Twitter in Russian and Turkish government interests attributed, but to a much lesser extent.
Twitter tries a more user-accounts – in particular, fake and controlled by Bots Profiles – clean out the Propaganda, incitement, or Spam spread. Last Twitter was also with US President Donald Trump to each other, using the platform as a major channel of communication. Twitter underwent a Tweet from Trump a fact check and moved to its wrath. The blocking of an election campaign videos, resulted in for further Trouble.
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