A search of major cities in China on Twitter yields a series of spam tweets showing pornography, escort services, and gambling content published every few seconds, disallowing legitimate results.

One person said there has been a “huge increase” in these tweets over the past three days. Data analyst specializing in ChinaSuch a surge in bot content coincides with an unprecedented wave of protests that swept through major Chinese cities and universities over the weekend.

The demonstrations are largely the result of China’s zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19, demonstrating a rare level of defiance among its people. , business and manufacturing activities have been disrupted.

protest erupted last week in Apple’s largest iPhone factory in China had employees plagued by delayed bonuses and concerns over the spread of COVID.

Discussion of the new nationwide protests has been heavily censored on Chinese social media, with protesters turning to foreign platforms such as Twitter and Telegram for communication. All major western social networks are banned in China and access requires using his VPN, which has all but disappeared even in local app stores.

Twitter’s bot content makes it even more difficult for citizens to organize demonstrations. Elon Musk as part of his massive layoff plan Twitter’s anti-propaganda officer was fired. Location-based escort ads are nothing new on social media platforms, but as data analysts noted, the frequency at which they have obscured searches in Chinese cities in recent days is unusual.

This is also true when searching for Shanghai (Shanghai).

Please note that these are just a few of the search results. A search for “Beijing/Shanghai” shows a new spam tweet every few seconds. As such, the number of spam accounts is well over several hundred. pic.twitter.com/FhtX6N2mZV

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The Washington Post said Twitter was “aware” of the spam problem and was “working to resolve it.” report Sunday night, ET. And given that the billionaire was clearly concerned about his Twitter bot, Musk should pay attention to this issue. urged him to put the deal on hold in MayOf course, the world is still waiting to see how he plans to fix the problem after eliminating the major teams fighting the hoax.