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Twitter cracks down on state-backed propaganda | Monday June 15th 2020

Twitter cracks down on state-backed propaganda | Monday June 15th 2020

Twitter has announced that its removed more than 30,000 accounts from the platform being used to spread state-backed propaganda. The social media site said the accounts which had been removed were linked to China, Russia and Turkey also new re...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

June 15, 20208m 5s

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Twitter has announced that its removed more than 30,000 accounts from the platform being used to spread state-backed propaganda. The social media site said the accounts which had been removed were linked to China, Russia and Turkey also new research has revealed one in three Britons has been targeted by scammers since lockdown began, with a 19% increase in contacts about bogus testing kits, vaccinations and government refunds.

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