Before the Hong Kong protests, banned Twitter accounts ‘targeted Chinese government critics’: study

The International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said the accounts were part of a coordinated information campaign operating for more than two years to target figures like fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui and jailed publisher Gui Minhai. — SCMP

Hundreds of now-banned Twitter accounts linked to a “state-backed” effort to malign protests in Hong Kong had earlier been used to target critics of the Chinese government, according to a study of the accounts.

In a report released on Sept 3, the International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said the accounts were part of a coordinated information campaign operating for more than two years to target figures like fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui and jailed publisher Gui Minhai.