- Oct 29, 2017
- 55,342
- 8,145
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Messianic
- Marital Status
- Private
Downloads of Twitter’s app in China look to have surged amid spreading unrest but searches for news about the widespread protests overwhelmingly return spam and inappropriate content results, suggesting the communist regime may be using the social media platform to obscure dissent.
Twitter ranked 10th among all free apps downloaded in Apple’s App Store in China on Tuesday, up from 150th last week, according to app analytics company Sensor Tower. The app skyrocketed in the rankings for China in recent days as protesters demonstrated against the communist regime’s COVID lockdowns
www.washingtontimes.com
According to the article, Chinese are bypassing China;s censorship of Twitter by using VPNs.
Musk's move, to trash Twitter's ban on questioning the official Covid narrative, came right on time.
Twitter ranked 10th among all free apps downloaded in Apple’s App Store in China on Tuesday, up from 150th last week, according to app analytics company Sensor Tower. The app skyrocketed in the rankings for China in recent days as protesters demonstrated against the communist regime’s COVID lockdowns
Twitter downloads up in China but spam overwhelms searches for COVID lockdown protest news
Downloads of Twitter’s app in China look to have surged amid spreading unrest but searches for news about the widespread protests overwhelmingly return spam and inappropriate content results, suggesting the communist regime may be using the social media platform to obscure dissent.
According to the article, Chinese are bypassing China;s censorship of Twitter by using VPNs.
Musk's move, to trash Twitter's ban on questioning the official Covid narrative, came right on time.
