Twitter removes state-linked accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey
By DW
12 June 2020 |
1:03 pm
Twitter said the accounts were part of a network used to push propaganda, attack critics of the government and spread misinformation. A majority of the accounts were linked to China.
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