X - Wall Street Breakfast: Social Media Battleground In Hong Kong
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Marking the first time the companies have pointed to China as a source of disinformation campaigns, Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB) said they dismantled a state-backed social media operation that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong. Twitter suspended nearly 1,000 active accounts, and removed approximately 200,000 before they were live, while updating policies to prohibit advertising from state-controlled entities going forward. The latest events