The social network Twitter he revealed today three new government interventions made on this year's platform.
The social network απαγόρευσε και αφαίρεσε 32.242 λογαριασμούς που αποτελούσαν μέρος δικτύων που λειτουργούσαν από την Κίνα, τη Ρωσία και την Τουρκία. Και οι τρεις χώρες προωθούσαν πολιτικές ατζέντες και αφηγήσεις και συνδέονταν με κρατικούς φορείς.
China
Of the three networks, the largest was that of China. Twitter reportedly closed 23.750 accounts that served as the network's core.
The tweets posted by these accounts were then boosted by a secondary network with more than 150.000 accounts, acting as promoters.
The purpose of these tweets was to promote and spread geopolitical narratives that were favorable to the Chinese Communist Party, but also "misleading narratives about political dynamics in Hong Kong."
Russia
The social network also reported that it found and removed 1.152 accounts related to Russia and Current Policy, a news site that promotes political propaganda and is supported by the state.
Just like the China network, this network targeted Russian-speaking users.
Turkey
A third similar network was created by Turkey, and promoted political tweets themethose aimed at Turkish-speaking users.
“Με βάση την ανάλυσή μας για τους τεχνικούς δείκτες του δικτύου και τη συμπεριφορά των λογαριασμών, χρησιμοποιήθηκαν πλαστοί και παραβιασμένοι λογαριασμοί για την ενίσχυση πολιτικών αφηγήσεων ευνοϊκών για το AK Parti και έδειχναν ισχυρή υποστήριξη στον Πρόεδρο Erdogan”, αναφέρει το Twitter.
In total, Twitter deleted 7.340 accounts and said it believed those accounts had been operated by AK Party youth.
This network included not only bots but also accounts that had been compromised. Twitter reported that all the breached accounts had been linked to organizations that criticized President Erdogan and the Turkish government. After the violations, of course, the same accounts stood out for their pro-government tweets.
"These breached accounts were repeated targets for hacking and redemption attempts by the government agencies identified above."
