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    Twitter ‘accidentally’ blocked accounts of China dissidents ahead of Tiananmen anniversary


    Twitter has apologized after it suspended hundreds of accounts that were critical of the Chinese government, merely days ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4. The microblogging service said it suspended “a number of accounts” as part of its efforts to curb various methods of platform manipulation, including “spam and other inauthentic behaviors.” “Sometimes our routine actions catch false positives or we make errors. We apologize,” the company’s Public Policy handle tweeted. Sometimes our routine actions catch false positives or we make errors. We apologize. We’re working today to ensure we overturn any errors…

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