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  • Both Facebook and Twitter are banned in China

  • but that has not stopped Beijing using both platforms

  • to advance its own agenda, whether that

  • is by taking out accounts for its own officials

  • or by simply paying for advertising.

  • But in recent months, as pro-democracy protests

  • in Hong Kong have ramped up, both Twitter and Facebook

  • say they have seen the use of their platforms

  • for something more sinister.

  • Both companies say they have noticed co-ordinated attempts

  • by the government in Beijing to spread disinformation

  • about the protests and to undermine their legitimacy.

  • Twitter says it has taken down 936 accounts,

  • which it said originated from mainland China

  • and were involved in attempting to spread fake news

  • about the Hong Kong protests.

  • Facebook, meanwhile, has taken down 15 pages, groups,

  • and individual accounts which it says

  • were associated with Beijing and focused on Hong Kong.

  • These are the latest in a series of steps both companies have

  • taken to combat the spread of disinformation and state-backed

  • attempts to use their services for propaganda.

  • Both companies know that taking such action

  • and publicising it will be crucial

  • if they are to recover their reputations following the 2016

  • US presidential elections.

  • But more importantly, with just over a year

  • until the next presidential elections,

  • both companies also know they will soon

  • be under more scrutiny than ever before.

Both Facebook and Twitter are banned in China

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    林宜悉 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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