Report Reveals Details About China’s Twitter Disinformation Campaign Targeting Hong Kong Protests

Report Reveals Details About China’s Twitter Disinformation Campaign Targeting Hong Kong Protests
Protesters take part in a school boycott rally at Tamer Park in Central district in Hong Kong on Sept. 2, 2019. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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An investigation by an Australian think tank found that Beijing bought Twitter spam accounts to spread misleading information about not just the Hong Kong protests, but also multiple events dating as far back as 2015.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a nonpartisan defense and strategic policy think tank, recently released a report analyzing Twitter accounts the company suspended in August and their 3.6 million tweets, which were published between December 2007 and May 2019.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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