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China’s inauthentic UK Twitter diplomacy: a coordinated network amplifying PRC diplomats
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Twitter accounts operated by diplomats, including that of the People's Republic of China (PRC), play an important role in the public diplomacy efforts of many governments. We audit all Twitter engagement with PRC diplomats stationed in the United Kingdom over an eight month period, from June 2020 to January 2021:
- We identify a large network of Twitter accounts that demonstrate multiple forms of coordinated inauthentic activity. The network consists of 62 accounts in total, 29 of w...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Programme on Democracy and Technology, Oxford University Publisher's website
- Article number:
- 2021.2
- Series:
- DemTech Working Paper
- Place of publication:
- Oxford, UK
- Publication date:
- 2021-05-11
- Paper number:
- 2021.2
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- English
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1193614
- Local pid:
- pubs:1193614
- Deposit date:
- 2021-08-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- © Oxford Internet Institute 2021.
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