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Protesters in Hong Kong Stir China's Twitter Trolls.

Authors :
Zhong, Raymond
Lee Myers, Steven
Jin Wu
Conger, Kate
Alba, Davey
Collins, Keith
Source :
New York Times. 9/19/2019, Vol. 169 Issue 58455, pB1-B7. 2p.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article focuses on covert Chinese Twitter accounts or trolls aimed at spreading misinformation against the protesters in Hong Kong, China. Topics covered include number of troll accounts removed by Twitter due to their part in the effort to undermine the antigovernment protests in Hong Kong, features of the state-directed Tweet campaigns against Hong Kong protests and findings of the report from Australian Strategic Policy Institute on the disinformation offensive from China.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
169
Issue :
58455
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
138700941