Why China’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ Won’t Back Down
China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy may have backfired in Australia, Canada and most recently France, but in a sign of its hardening attitude toward the...
How Trump’s Ambassador to Mexico Became a Twitter Star
If you were Donald Trump’s ambassador to Mexico, you might be forgiven for lying low. Instead, in early September 2019, Christopher Landau, the newly...
Twitter removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese Communist Party
Twitter has removed more than 30,000 accounts linked to state-based actors, the majority of them from China, accusing them of spreading deceptive geopolitical narratives.
The...
“Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia”: An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia
On March 26, 2020 Twitter announced a takedown of accounts targeting Ser- bian Twitter users. Twitter reported that this network—consisting of approxi- mately 8,500...
Simulating Twitter in International Diplomacy: A New Tool for Teaching
Dr Aaron McKeil, Course Tutor, LSE Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy, shares his insights into the use and practice of Twitter in international...
Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments
Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were ‘targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation’
Twitter has deleted 20,000 fake accounts linked...
Twitter bans thousands of state-backed accounts spreading misinformation
Twitter has suspended thousands of accounts linked with state-backed misinformation campaigns. In a transparency report shared today, Twitter says it removed 4,248 accounts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 273 accounts from the UAE and Egypt, 1,019 accounts based in Ecuador, 265 accounts from Spain and six accounts from Saudi Arabia.
Turkey summons US diplomat over a Twitter ‘like’
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks to to supporters during an event in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Erdogan threatened Saturday to launch a solo military operation into northeastern Syria, where U.S. troops are deployed and have been trying to defuse tension between its NATO ally and Syrian Kurdish forces. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
Has Twitter Been Effective as a Platform for the United States to Conduct Digital...
Indeed, actions might speak louder than words; however, the fact is, Twitter has managed to invalidate this proverb. Words alone could be influential in...
DOJ should take action against China’s Twitter propaganda
Over the last few years, Chinese state media organs have accelerated a campaign to leverage U.S. social media platforms – namely, Twitter – to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) narrative on several issues.