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Fake Twitter Accounts: CCP Spreading Lies About Hong Kong Protests

With the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong gaining international sympathy, Beijing unleashed thousands of Twitter trolls who were tasked with one objective — to spread misinformation through fake Twitter accounts. Their goal was to discredit the Hong Kong protests by painting them as violent, anti-China rioters acting on behalf of foreign powers. Twitter trolls and ...

Armin Auctor

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