{"id":15216,"date":"2019-06-01T22:36:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-takes-down-a-large-number-of-chinese-language-accounts-ahead-of-tiananmen-square-anniversary.html"},"modified":"2019-06-01T22:36:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:36:44","slug":"twitter-takes-down-a-large-number-of-chinese-language-accounts-ahead-of-tiananmen-square-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-takes-down-a-large-number-of-chinese-language-accounts-ahead-of-tiananmen-square-anniversary.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter takes down \u2018a large number\u2019 of Chinese-language accounts ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter <\/a> has suspended a large number of Chinese-language user accounts, including those belonging to critics of China\u2019s government. It seems like a particularly ill-timed move, occurring just days before thirtieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cA large number of Chinese @Twitter accounts are being suspended today,\u201d wrote<\/a> Yaxue Cao, founder and editor of the U.S.-based publication China Change<\/a>. \u201cThey \u2018happen\u2019 to be accounts critical of China, both inside and outside China.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cao then went on to highlight a number of the suspended accounts in a Twitter thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government reportedly began cracking down late last year on people who post criticism on Twitter<\/a>. The author of that story, The New York Times\u2019 Paul Mozur, has also been tweeting about the takedowns, noting<\/a> that \u201csuspensions seem not limited to accounts critical of China\u201d and that it appears to be \u201can equal opportunity purge of Chinese language accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Twitter\u2019s Public Policy account said<\/a> it suspended \u201ca number of accounts this week\u201d mostly for \u201cengaging in mix of spamming, inauthentic behavior, ban evasion.\u201d It acknowledged, however, that some of the accounts \u201cwere involved in commentary about China.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese accounts were not mass reported by the Chinese authorities \u2014 this was a routine action on our part,\u201d the company said. \u201cSometimes our routine actions catch false positives or we make errors. We apologize. We\u2019re working today to ensure we overturn any errors but that we remain vigilant in enforcing our rules for those who violate them.\u201d<\/p>\n

By this point, the deletions had attracted broader political notice, with Florida Senator Marco Rubio declaring<\/a>, \u201cTwitter has become a Chinese govt censor.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while Cao acknowledged Twitter\u2019s official explanation, as well as help she\u2019s received from the company in the past, she said<\/a>, \u201cPer @Twitter\u2019s explanation, it\u2019s cleaning up CCP bots but accidentally suspended 1000s anti-CCP accts. That doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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