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Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results.
There has been a significant uptick in these tweets over the last three days, according to a China-focused data analyst. The surge in such bot content coincides with an unprecedented wave of protests that have swept across major Chinese cities and universities over the weekend.
The demonstrations are largely a result of Chinas zero-tolerance approach toward COVID-19, a rare show of defiance amongst the people. The countrys stringent COVID restrictions have led to prolonged lockdowns across the country, obstructing life, business, and manufacturing activities.
Protests erupted last week at Apples biggest iPhone factory in China as workers were roiled by delayed bonuses and concerns over COVID spread.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/great-wall-of-porn-obscures-china-protest-news-on-twitter/
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Fortunately Twitter is fully staffed ATM with highly-skilled professionals working in great conditions, I'm sure they'll get it sorted in no time.
Marcus IM
(2,251 posts)lame54
(35,328 posts)Marcus IM
(2,251 posts)I can get one "free" with a multi-year contract (with forced arbitration clauses).
I mean. It's a great deal.
sarisataka
(18,810 posts)To hide news. Maybe they hope the ads will make you forget what you had been searching for...
mopinko
(70,265 posts)noticed it this morning. guess this is why.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)Nothing mainstream corporate American companies like more than their companies being associated with porn.