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Coverage dated November 27, 2022

Twitter spam obscures China COVID policy protest news

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Twitter is struggling to deal with a surge in bot spam just as protests erupted in China..

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  1. Fox News

    China reportedly floods Twitter with porn to block news of widespread COVID protests (opens Fox News)

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    China is reportedly spamming Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an effort to drown out information about COVID protests.

  2. Engadget

    Twitter spam obscures China COVID policy protest news (opens Engadget)

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    Twitter is struggling to deal with a surge in bot spam just as protests erupted in China..

  3. The Washington Free Beacon

    China Floods Twitter With Porn To Suppress Protests (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Chinese government bots are tweeting "sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts" to drown out news of protests against dictator Xi Jinping, the New York Post reported Monday.

  4. Hot Air

    China's Twitter strategy: tweet porn to distract from protests (opens Hot Air)

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    Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinpin...

  5. Insider

    Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says (opens Insider)

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    Several previously dormant Chinese-language accounts started flooding the platform with spam, including porn, per the Washington Post.

  6. Breitbart News

    Chinese Bots Are Filling Twitter with Porn Spam to Hide Mass Protests in Major Cities (opens Breitbart News)

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    Chinese bots are spamming Twitter with posts primarily of porn and escorts in an attempt to stop the spread of news about massive protests against coronavirus lockdowns across the country. The spam operation is evidence of more problems for Elon Musk, with one former employee stating, “All the China…

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