2022 The Beijing Winter Olympics have officially ended. In the event to be held in Beijing, the capital of China, between February 4 and 20, more than 90 countries shared their trump cards in the determined sports branches, and those who reached the happy ending were also determined. Apart from that, Twitter destroyed the troll army that it found to be making propaganda during the event. Here are the details…
Twitter removed more than 3 thousand troll accounts
As it is known, there has been a serious increase in the number of troll accounts on social media platforms recently. In fact, early last year, it was revealed that Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, formed a large army of trolls to protect the interests of Bezos and the company and to deny the incoming claims. We can cite dozens of examples of this situation.
A new one has been added to these recently. It has been revealed that Twitter, which has made its stance against troll and bot accounts very hard recently, has detected and removed more than 3 thousand accounts that are making propaganda for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Games and attacking some countries such as the USA.
It was determined that the accounts in question attacked people who made bad comments against the Olympics boycotted due to human rights violations in China, and made social media posts that amounted to insults in a coordinated manner against the boycotting countries, especially the USA. For this reason, it was stated that Twitter violated its manipulation and spam policy.
Finally, it is worth noting that the platform removed 2,048 accounts in December that support China’s treatment of Uighur Turks and attack those who think otherwise.
A Twitter spokesperson, speaking to Insider on the subject, used the following statements;
If we have clear evidence of government-sponsored troll operations, our first priority is to enforce our rules and remove accounts that engage in this behavior.” Once our investigations are complete, we will disclose all accounts and content in our information processing archive.
So what do you think about this issue? What action do you think can be taken against troll accounts, which are frequently seen on platforms such as Twitter? Do not forget to share your views with us in the comments section or on the SDN Forum.