Tuesday, July 22, 2014

It’s Another Perfect Day in Tibet! - NYTimes.com

It’s Another Perfect Day in Tibet! - NYTimes.com

An advocacy group has identified nearly 100 fake accounts on Twitter whose sole purpose appears to be sharing treacly stories about Tibet and Xinjiang. The content comes via propaganda websites linked to the Chinese government.

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  1. Follow up : http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/twitter-acts-quickly-on-suspect-pro-china-accounts/?emc=edit_tnt_20140724&nlid=59143546&tntemail0=y

    Talk about prompt customer service.

    Just hours after The New York Times posted an article about bogus Twitter accounts dedicated to spreading pro-China propaganda — and a Tibetan advocacy group demanded that the company take action — Twitter appears to have hit the kill switch on a score of the suspect accounts.

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