Experts believe that this is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government to divert attention from the images of the unprecedented events.
Inundated with pornographic material, spam and other nonsense, many Twitter users were searching for information about the protests in China.
According to CNN, experts express the belief that this is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government or its allies to distract the attention of the international community from the images of the unprecedented events.
Chinese bots flood Twitter with explicit porn to drown out news of lockdown protests. #ChinaProtests #China pic.twitter.com/eSEhUDaTnD
— TEAM BHARAT (@TeamBharat_) November 29, 2022
As of late last week, searches for what’s going on in Beijing, Shanghai and other major Chinese cities turned up nude women in provocative poses, erotic videos, ads featuring luxury escorts and other unrelated posts.
Many of the tweets reviewed by CNN on Monday came from accounts that were created months ago, follow virtually no other accounts, and have no followers of their own.
The apparent misinformation campaign by suspected bots about new Twitter boss Elon Musk, who has personally pledged to fight bots and spammers.
However, layoffs and mass departures from the popular medium raise concerns about its ability to combat such phenomena.
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