Copy Link Twitter blocked hundred of pro-China bots used to spread Chinese propaganda during the Olympics. Paid influencers and automated accounts flooded Twitter with messages that portrayed Communist China positively and countered criticisms of the regime. Investigations “found 3,000 ‘inauthentic’ accounts were likely being used to bolster the communist country’s image,” the British newspaper Daily Mail reported. Almost two years after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus, China used the international sporting event to rebrand itself as a powerful and benevolent power. Pro-Beijing bots used the social media platform to counter the critics and polish the image of the Communist...