Dec 2 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc ( TWTR.N ) said on Thursday it has removed more than 3,000 accounts that operated as foreign state-linked information operations.
The Twitter accounts that were taken down were linked to operations attributed to six countries, including Mexico, China and Russia, Twitter said in a blog post.
Of the 3,465 accounts removed, 2,160 were linked to operations attributed to China.
The company also said it it will start Twitter moderation research consortium in early 2022 to study platform governance issues.
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Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla and Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta
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