Twitter closes thousands of fake news accounts, including 4,302 Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter said Friday it shut down thousands of accounts worldwide for spreading misinformation, including some artificially amplifying pro-Saudi messaging as part of a regional propaganda war. The move affected pro-Saudi accounts coming from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates directed at Qatar and Yemen, Twitter said, as well as others from China seeking to sow discord among … Continue reading Twitter closes thousands of fake news accounts, including 4,302 Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests