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Twitter takes down Beijing-backed influence operation pushing coronavirus messages

Twitter on Thursday said it removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government, including about the coronavirus. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

Category: technologyNews

Topics: messages, coronavirus, operation, influence, Beijing-backed, Twitter, including, government, Chinese, favorable, spread, deceptively, accounts, removed, pushing, takes

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/c_OD6J7bS70/twitter-takes-down-beijing-backed-influence-operation-pushing-coronavirus-messages-idUSKBN23I3A3