[China's Propaganda: Part 1 of 9]
Twitter recently found out how China-based accounts interfered activities in Hong Kong, although access to Twitter is officially blocked by the authority in China.
According to Twitter on 19 August 2019:
“We're disclosing coordinated account activity focused on the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong. Our investigations have found that these accounts are linked to state-backed information operations from mainland China.”
On the same day, Facebook also released similar news that they have removed “coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China” on the same day.
In this series, we have collected several articles to explain this phenomenon in connection to the state controlled media and propaganda in China.
(to be continued)
Source:
https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1163513679335346176?s=21
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/removing-cib-china/
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n1
Twitter recently found out how China-based accounts interfered activities in Hong Kong, although access to Twitter is officially blocked by the authority in China.
According to Twitter on 19 August 2019:
“We're disclosing coordinated account activity focused on the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong. Our investigations have found that these accounts are linked to state-backed information operations from mainland China.”
On the same day, Facebook also released similar news that they have removed “coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China” on the same day.
In this series, we have collected several articles to explain this phenomenon in connection to the state controlled media and propaganda in China.
(to be continued)
Source:
https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1163513679335346176?s=21
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/removing-cib-china/
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n1
Twitter
Twitter Safety
We're disclosing coordinated account activity focused on the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong. Our investigations have found that these accounts are linked to state-backed information operations from mainland China. https://t.co/Pc9R90Dp85
[China's Propaganda: Part 2 of 9]
What happened on Twitter?
Twitter describes the “deceptive strategies” undertaken by these China-based accounts as “covert, manipulative behaviors” where “bad-faith actors” are involved. A total of 936 active accounts and approximately 200,000 accounts that are created after Twitter's initial suspensions were suspended. These accounts posted in English and Chinese, usually portraying the protesters as violent criminals.
As Twitter reports,
“This disclosure consists of 936 accounts originating from within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Overall, these accounts were deliberately and specifically attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement on the ground. Based on our intensive investigations, we have reliable evidence to support that this is a coordinated state-backed operation. Specifically, we identified large clusters of accounts behaving in a coordinated manner to amplify messages related to the Hong Kong protests.
As Twitter is blocked in PRC, many of these accounts accessed Twitter using VPNs. However, some accounts accessed Twitter from specific unblocked IP addresses originating in mainland China. The accounts we are sharing today represent the most active portions of this campaign; a larger, spammy network of approximately 200,000 accounts — many created following our initial suspensions — were proactively suspended before they were substantially active on the service”
(to be continued)
Source:
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n2
What happened on Twitter?
Twitter describes the “deceptive strategies” undertaken by these China-based accounts as “covert, manipulative behaviors” where “bad-faith actors” are involved. A total of 936 active accounts and approximately 200,000 accounts that are created after Twitter's initial suspensions were suspended. These accounts posted in English and Chinese, usually portraying the protesters as violent criminals.
As Twitter reports,
“This disclosure consists of 936 accounts originating from within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Overall, these accounts were deliberately and specifically attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement on the ground. Based on our intensive investigations, we have reliable evidence to support that this is a coordinated state-backed operation. Specifically, we identified large clusters of accounts behaving in a coordinated manner to amplify messages related to the Hong Kong protests.
As Twitter is blocked in PRC, many of these accounts accessed Twitter using VPNs. However, some accounts accessed Twitter from specific unblocked IP addresses originating in mainland China. The accounts we are sharing today represent the most active portions of this campaign; a larger, spammy network of approximately 200,000 accounts — many created following our initial suspensions — were proactively suspended before they were substantially active on the service”
(to be continued)
Source:
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n2
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Information operations directed at Hong Kong
We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change.