‘Distraction spam’ contaminates Twitter feed on China protests
By France24
10 December 2022 |
3:34 pm
A distraction campaign is underway on Twitter. If users type location tags of major Chinese cities such as Beijing, their Twitter feed will be flooded with provocative "dating spam", in a bid to distract users away from images of the protests against Covid restrictions. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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