Twitter Removes Nearly 6,000 Saudi-Backed Accounts For Platform Manipulation
In a public blog post, Twitter said it had removed about 5,929 accounts, which targeted discussions about Saudi Arabia, for violating its "platform manipulation policies." It had also published data about these accounts, it added. Twitter said these accounts represented "the core portion of a larger network of more than 88,000 accounts engaged in spammy behavior across a wide range of topics." Twitter said it had suspended all of these accounts. "Primarily, accounts were amplifying messages favorable to Saudi authorities, mainly through inauthentic engagement tactics such as aggressive liking, retweeting and replying," it said.
In a public blog post, Twitter said it had removed about 5,929 accounts, which targeted discussions about Saudi Arabia, for violating its "platform manipulation policies." It had also published data about these accounts, it added. Twitter said these accounts represented "the core portion of a larger network of more than 88,000 accounts engaged in spammy behavior across a wide range of topics." Twitter said it had suspended all of these accounts. "Primarily, accounts were amplifying messages favorable to Saudi authorities, mainly through inauthentic engagement tactics such as aggressive liking, retweeting and replying," it said.