He joined Twitter in October 2019, as scores of Chinese diplomats surged onto Twitter and Facebook, which are both banned in China. Together with Chinese state media, they control 449 accounts on Twitter and Facebook, which posted nearly 950,000 times between June and February. But unfettered access to Western social media has given Beijing a unilateral advantage in the global fight for influence. Facebook had labeled two-thirds of a sample of 95 Chinese state media accounts in English, as of Mar. The company declined to provide a full list of which Chinese state media accounts it has flagged.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2021 07:00 UTC