Twitter says it removed over 32,000 Chinese, Russian, Turkish accounts linked to govt propaganda

In a statement, the micro-blogging site said: " Today we are disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations — the only one of its kind in the industry. "

"The account sets we’re publishing to the archive today include three distinct operations that we have attributed to the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Turkey respectively," read the statement.

"Every account and piece of content associated with these operations has been permanently removed from the service. In addition, we have shared relevant data from this disclosure with two leading research partners: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO)," it said.

Speaking on China, the platform said: "Despite the volume, the core 23,750 accounts we are publishing to the archive were largely caught early and failed to achieve considerable traction on the service, typically holding low follower accounts and low engagement. Of the approximately 150,000 amplifier accounts, the majority had little to no follower counts either and were strategically designed to artificially inflate impression metrics and engage with the core accounts."

Twitter said the entire network was involved in a range of manipulative and coordinated activities.

"They were Tweeting predominantly in Chinese languages and spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China (CCP), while continuing to push deceptive narratives about the political dynamics in Hong Kong," it said.