Twitter said it detected a group of accounts “linked to Saudi Arabia’s state-run media apparatus which were engaged in coordinated efforts to amplify messaging that was beneficial to the Saudi government.”
These accounts were presented as “independent journalistic outlets while tweeting narratives favorable to the Saudi government,” according to Twitter.
More than 270 accounts originating from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt were taken down because they had the goal of targeting Qatar, Iran and other countries as well as amplifying "messaging supportive of the Saudi government," according to Twitter.
These accounts were created and managed by the private tech company DotDev, which has been permanently suspended from using the platform, Twitter said.
Separately in the region, Twitter said it suspended over 4,000 accounts operating in the UAE that tweeted content directed at Qatar and Yemen, "such as the Yemeni Civil War and the Houthi Movement."
(MORE: Facebook, Twitter and Google to testify to Senate committee on extremism online) In Spain, 265 accounts operated by the group Partido Popular were removed for “falsely boosting public sentiment online in Spain.”
In Ecuador, Twitter shut down more than 1,000 accounts associated with the PAIS Alliance political party that "was primarily engaged in spreading content about President Moreno’s administration."
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