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Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests

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Search any major Chinese city on Twitter and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content. The surge in such bot content coincides with an unprecedented wave of protests that have swept across major Chinese cities and universities over the weekend. All major Western social networks are banned in China and access requires the use of VPNs, which are also nearly extinct in local app stores.

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Daily Mirror

Chinese bots spam Twitter with explicit porn to drown out lockdown protests news

Chinese users searching for news in cities like Shanghai and Beijing, which have been gripped with anti-lockdown protests in recent days, are being shown ads for escorts and pornography

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests

Links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from Chinese cities where rallies escalated.

1 year ago

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New York Post

Chinese bots swamp Twitter with porn to hide news of mass protests

Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinping.

1 year ago·New York, United States

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Washington Examiner

Twitter flooded with pornography and spam content to hide news of COVID-19 protests in China

The Chinese government is flooding Twitter with pornographic images and posts about escorts to hide ones about protests in China over COVID-19 lockdowns.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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Business Insider

Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says

Several previously dormant Chinese-language accounts started flooding the platform with spam, including porn, per the Washington Post.

1 year ago·United States

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Sex Bots Flood Twitter To Obscure Anti-Lockdown Protests in China; Spam Tweets Showing Porn and Escort Ads Appear Instead of Reports on Protest Against COVID-19 Restrictions | 🌎 LatestLY

Searches of Chinese cities where protest have emerged have allegedly led users to innumerable erotic posts and content which are said to be pushed by Chinese bot accounts. Reports also suggest that the Chinese government is allegedly using "sex bots" in order to curb COVID-19 protests across digital platforms. 🌎 Sex Bots Flood Twitter To Obscure Anti-Lockdown Protests in China; Spam Tweets Showing Porn and Escort Ads Appear Instead of Reports o…

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Chinese bots spam Twitter with explicit porn to drown out lockdown protests news

Chinese bots spam Twitter with explicit porn to drown out lockdown protests news

Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests

Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests

Chinese bots swamp Twitter with porn to hide news of mass protests

Chinese bots swamp Twitter with porn to hide news of mass protests

Twitter flooded with pornography and spam content to hide news of COVID-19 protests in China

Twitter flooded with pornography and spam content to hide news of COVID-19 protests in China

Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says

Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says

Sex Bots Flood Twitter To Obscure Anti-Lockdown Protests in China; Spam Tweets Showing Porn and Escort Ads Appear Instead of Reports on Protest Against COVID-19 Restrictions | 🌎 LatestLY

Sex Bots Flood Twitter To Obscure Anti-Lockdown Protests in China; Spam Tweets Showing Porn and Escort Ads Appear Instead of Reports on Protest Against COVID-19 Restrictions | 🌎 LatestLY

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