Twitter blocks accounts linked to Saudi 'state-backed' manipulation effort
by Agence France-Presse from on (#4WWC2)
Social network suspends thousands in the latest crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda
Twitter said on Friday it had suspended thousands of accounts linked to a manipulation effort stemming from Saudi Arabia, in the latest crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda efforts.
The social network said some 88,000 accounts being blocked were linked to Saudi state-backed "information operations" in violation of Twitter's platform manipulation rules.
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