Tweeter takes down 35 Armenia-related accounts

YEREVAN, February 24. /ARKA/. Twitter said on Tuesday it had taken down 35 accounts which it said had ties to Armenia and had breached its platform manipulation policies.

'Under our platform manipulation policy, we investigated and removed 35 accounts that had ties to the Government of Armenia. These accounts were created in order to advance narratives that were targeting Azerbaijan and were geostrategically favorable to the Armenian government. In some cases, the fake accounts purported to represent government and political figures in Azerbaijan, as well as news entities claiming to operate in Azerbaijan. The accounts engaged in spammy activity to gain followers and further amplify this narrative,' Tweeter said in a blog post.      

Overall, Twitter  has taken down 373 accounts which it said had ties also to Russia and Iran. According to Twitter, Russian accounts were removed for  amplifying narratives that undermined faith in NATO and targeted the United States and the European Union.

The company said 238 accounts operating from Iran were taken down for  various violations of its policies.

'It is interesting how Tweeter failed to track down thousands of trolls working for the government of Azerbaijan,”Armenian cyber security expert Samvel Martirosyan commented in a Facebook post.-0-

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13:14 02/24/2021