A group of users on Twitter were trying to oppose the Chinese Government’s allegations of human rights violations against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. Twitter has shut down thousands of accounts that want to dispute the allegations despite the evidence.
The Chinese Government’s treatment of the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) “genocide” is called. China’s intervention; mass detention, re-education, forced labor and even spaying covered by it is said.
Giant social media network Twitter is targeting the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. with the treatment reinforcing relevant Chinese Communist Party narratives, 2 thousand 160 user’s account you banned announced.
Twitter removed thousands of accounts
Approximate population of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China 11 million Uyghur Turks for a long time persecuted known. government, various forms of oppression and violence. with its policies comes up frequently. Twitter removed a total of 2,160 accounts linked to China’s regional and provincial propaganda campaigns. One of Twitter’s research partners Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) According to the analysis, most of the propaganda of the users “in a shameful way” had been produced. Twitter said 2,048 of its detected accounts were related to the treatment of the Uighur population of the Chinese Communist Party. strengthen their narrative and 112 to a private company sponsored by the regional government that you are bound explained.
ASPI’s analysis shows that 97% of identified accounts, “less than 5″ followers and that 73% of accounts “0″ to follower showed that he has Also, 98% of tweets There were no likes or retweets, the rest are usually run by Chinese diplomats and officials. by supporting content was disseminated. Despite the seriousness of the abuses, most of the data analyzed from the campaign was linked to pornography, Korean soap opera content and spam accounts. analysts, users taking over such accounts He stated that they thought he was carrying out propaganda. The company said in a statement yesterday that it has removed accounts related to these China-linked operations, as well as misinformation campaigns in Tanzania, Mexico, Russia, Uganda and Venezuela.
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Twitter has previously spoken to Chinese authorities on human rights issues. clashed, Uyghur women from the US embassy “baby making machine” account for mentioning was suspended.
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