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Twitter blocked hundred of pro-China bots used to spread Chinese propaganda during the Olympics. Paid influencers and automated accounts flooded Twitter with messages that portrayed Communist China positively and countered criticisms of the regime. Investigations “found 3,000 ‘inauthentic’ accounts were likely being used to bolster the communist country’s image,” the British newspaper Daily Mail reported.

Twitter Removes Hundreds of Fake Pro-China Accounts Used to Spread Propaganda During Olympics comes via ChinaTechNews.com.