Twitter deletes over 170,000 accounts related to Chinese propaganda operation

By Anthony Leonardi

Published June 12, 2020 12:28am ET

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Twitter deleted hundreds of thousands of accounts in an effort to halt a Chinese propaganda operation.

On Thursday, the social media company said it deleted nearly 24,000 accounts within a “core network” that disseminated false narratives from the Communist Party of China and an additional 150,000 accounts who amplified the messages of those within the network.

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