Popular micro-blogging site Twitter announced on Thursday that it had suspended 15 accounts “originating from Bangladesh for engaging in coordinated platform manipulation.”
Their security wing, Twitter Safety, had tweeted that based on their initial analysis, “it appears that some of these accounts may have ties to state-sponsored actors.”
A second tweet was posted soon after, stating that “our investigations are still ongoing and our enforcement actions could expand.”
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But a third tweet elaborated, stating that “those accounts had a relatively low number of followers, with most having fewer than 50.”
They will publish more updates soon, they added.
On Thursday, Facebook authorities also removed nine Facebook Pages and six Facebook accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" on the social media platform in Bangladesh.