Twitter has permanently removed over 32,000 state-linked accounts which were part of three distinct operations from China, Russia, and Turkey spreading political propaganda favourable to the ruling government of these countries, and critical of dissidents and protesters.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the accounts were suspended for various violations of Twitter’s platform manipulation policies.

From China, 23,750 accounts comprising of the “highly engaged core network” were deleted. Twitter said these were “largely caught early and failed to achieve considerable traction on the service” with few followers and engagement. In addition, 150,000 “amplifier” accounts that were boosting this content were removed.

A network of 7,340 “fake and compromised” accounts from Turkey were removed for amplifying narratives favourable to AK Parti (the ruling Justice & Development Party) and showed support for President Erdogan.

In Russia, 1,152 accounts and their media, associated with media website Current Policy, “a group of social-media accounts primarily engaged in publishing pro-Kremlin, anti-opposition, and anti-Western content.”