(CNN) Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts said they pushed deceptive narratives around the Hong Kong protests, Covid-19, and other topics. Twitter's takedown is the latest development in Silicon Valley's attempt to thwart governments using social media platforms to push narratives in their favor. Twitter is officially blocked in China, though many people in the country are able to access it using a VPN. Twitter said the accounts tweeted "predominantly in Chinese languages."

Source: CNN June 11, 2020 21:10 UTC