{"id":150239,"date":"2020-06-16T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/twitter-uncovers-state-backed-networks-linked-to-china-russia-turkey\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:40:03","slug":"twitter-uncovers-state-backed-networks-linked-to-china-russia-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/twitter-uncovers-state-backed-networks-linked-to-china-russia-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter uncovers state-backed networks linked to China, Russia, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter permanently removed more than 32,000 accounts linked to three distinct operations attributed to China, Russia and Turkey violating the platforms manipulation policies, the social media company <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/information-operations-june-2020.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the European Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/european-commission-disinformation-china-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused<\/a> Moscow and, for the first time, Beijing of peddling disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said it removed 23,750 accounts \u201ctweeting predominantly in Chinese languages and spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China (CCP), while continuing to push deceptive narratives about the political dynamics in Hong Kong.\u201d About 150,000 additional accounts were designed to amplify the content of the core network.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese network was caught early and failed to gain traction, Twitter said. Albeit new, the networks activities were modeled after similar behavior <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2019\/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spotted by the company<\/a> in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>With help from researchers and \u201cpeer companies,\u201d Twitter uncovered 1,152 accounts associated with Current Policy, a media engaging in state-backed political propaganda within Russia, that promoted Vladimir Putins United Russia party and attacked political opponents. The network was suspended for \u201ccross-posting and amplifying co<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/twitter-uncovers-state-backed-networks-linked-to-china-russia-turkey\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc] [contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter permanently removed more than 32,000 accounts linked..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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