Free Tibet: Fake Twitter Accounts Spread Chinese Propaganda

A human rights group says it has uncovered at least 100 fake Twitter accounts used to spread the Chinese government's propaganda about Tibet. The accounts, found by Free Tibet, often used awkwardly constructed Western names and were accompanied by profile pictures that included photographs of American schoolgirls taken by professional photographers. Others used commercial stock images or pictures of dead celebrities. The London-based rights group says the accounts posted...

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