Twitter removes another 3,000 state-backed accounts linked to six countries

Twitter disclosed an additional 3,465 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations - the only one of its kind in the industry. 2,000 banned accounts were linked to Chinese Communist Party narratives related to the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Twitter said in its blogpost that the account sets that have been removed include eight "distinct operations" that can be attributed to China, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Venezuela. Every account and piece of content associated with these operations has been permanently removed from the service," Twitter said.

The account sets include eight distinct operations we’ve attributed to six countries - Mexico, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Venezuela, respectively. Every account and piece of content associated with these operations has been permanently removed from the service.

In addition, we have shared relevant data from this disclosure with three leading research partners: the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Cazadores de Fake News, and the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO). In most instances, accounts were suspended for various violations of our platform manipulation and spam policies. See more via our Transparency Center.

In addition to banning these accounts and the content shared by them, Twitter has shared relevant data from this disclosure with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Cazadores de Fake News, and the Stanford Internet Observatory.