Twitter blocks accounts linked to Saudi 'state-backed' manipulation effort

Social network suspends thousands in the latest crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda

Twitter said on Friday it had suspended thousands of accounts linked to a manipulation effort stemming from Saudi Arabia, in the latest crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda efforts.

The social network said some 88,000 accounts being blocked were linked to Saudi state-backed “information operations” in violation of Twitter’s platform manipulation rules.

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