SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter’s radically reduced anti-propaganda team grappled on Sunday with a flood of nuisance content in China that researchers said was aimed at reducing the flow of news about stunning widespread protests against coronavirus restrictions.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests
For hours, links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from cities where dramatic rallies escalated
By Joseph Menn
November 27, 2022 at 7:45 p.m. EST