{"id":40641,"date":"2022-12-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=40641"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:54:39","slug":"chinese-bots-swamp-twitter-with-porn-to-hide-news-of-mass-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/chinese-bots-swamp-twitter-with-porn-to-hide-news-of-mass-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Bots Swamp Twitter With Porn To Hide News Of Mass Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup-1010916_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32385\" width=\"282\" height=\"282\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/28\/chinese-swamp-twitter-with-porn-to-block-protest-news\/\">massive protests against\u00a0lockdowns<\/a> and President Xi Jinping. Searches for major Chinese cities that have seen mass protests will \u201cmostly see ads for escorts\/porn\/gambling, drowning out legitimate search results,\u201d an analysis found. \u201cData analysis in this thread suggests that there has been a\u00a0significant\u00a0uptick in these spam tweets,\u201d a news outlet said, sharing data\u00a0retweeted by Stanford Internet Observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cvast majority\u201d\u2014more than 95%\u2014appear to be spam accounts that \u201ctweet at a high, steady rate throughout the day, suggesting automation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexstamos\/status\/1597054231705313281\">the analysis said<\/a>. Stanford University shared images\u00a0of some of the dubious \u201cescort ads,\u201d which they said \u201cmake it more difficult for Chinese users to access information about the mass protests.\u201d They wrote: \u201cSadly if a Chinese person decides to come to Twitter to find out what happened in China last night, these NSFW posts shared by bots are likely the first to show up in their search results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want NSFW content? You won&#8217;t find any XXX spam bots here on <a href=\"https:\/\/NiteFlirt.com\">NiteFlirt<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out more about China burying news of mass protests with porn spam bots:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/28\/chinese-swamp-twitter-with-porn-to-block-protest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/28\/chinese-swamp-twitter-with-porn-to-block-protest-news\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0lockdowns and President Xi Jinping. 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