Twitter has removed thousands of fake accounts linked with spreading propaganda about the UAE and sowing discord around the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
The social media company says it has deleted more than 10,000 profiles across six countries that were found to be sharing false information
In the top of the list was the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from where 4,258 accounts have been deleted over tweets focused on the civil war in Yemen and the Houthi rebel movement.
Twitter said these accounts “were often employing false personae and tweeting about regional issues”.
Another 267 accounts originating in the UAE and Egypt have been removed their part in a “multi-faceted information.
