Chinese Bots Attempting To Drown Out News of Protests With Porn Spam

[Webster]

Chinese bots swamp Twitter with porn to hide news of mass protests

Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jin…

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Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinping.

Searches for major Chinese cities that have seen mass protests will “mostly see ads for escorts/porn/gambling, drowning out legitimate search results,” said Air-Moving Device, sharing a series of charts.

“Data analysis in this thread suggests that there has been a significant uptick in these spam tweets,” the outlet said, sharing data retweeted by Stanford Internet Observatory director Alex Stamos. The “vast majority” — more than 95% — appear to be spam accounts that “tweet at a high, steady rate throughout the day, suggesting automation,” the analysis said.

 

[MrDawn]

It's too bad we can't place sanctions and internet bans on China. That side of the world is just itching to go to war with us such as Russia. It's a crying shame.

 

[KenDaGamer]

Chinese bots swamp Twitter with porn to hide news of mass protests

Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jin…

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[Webster]

It's too bad we can't place sanctions and internet bans on China. That side of the world is just itching to go to war with us such as Russia. It's a crying shame.

If they can't stop them from getting the news out via the Great Firewall, their other major option is to basically flood the airwaves with crap and hope that drowns the news out.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

It's too bad we can't place sanctions and internet bans on China. That side of the world is just itching to go to war with us such as Russia. It's a crying shame.

Sure you can! If our own government truly didn’t like what they are doing we would stop allowing anything from China. It’s going to hurt for a while but it would spawn America to build and replace what we need right here. You want to start a internal revolution in China that’s how you get a billion people to rise up.

 

[Webster]

we would stop allowing anything from China

We tried that under Trump and all it did was jack up costs for imports from China (remember, tariffs aren't paid for by countries, they're paid for by businesses who pass on those costs to consumers).

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

We tried that under Trump and all it did was jack up costs for imports from China (remember, tariffs aren't paid for by countries, they're paid for by businesses who pass on those costs to consumers).

The fuck it did! And no we didn’t try it under trump we just leveled the free market and it worked spectacularly

 

[Webster]

we just leveled the free market

You want to level the playing field? Make sure your rules are enforced fairly and across the board and then get out of the way.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

You want to level the playing field? Make sure your rules are enforced fairly and across the board and then get out of the way.

That should be plastered on every federal governments forehead

 

[Webster]

That should be plastered on every federal governments forehead

Finally, something we agree in...