Twitter acts on Huawei executive accounts promoting 5G

New Delhi: Twitter has acted upon thousands of accounts who were following Huawei employees in Europe who mysteriously gained thousands or tens of thousands of followers within weeks, at a time when the 5G business of the Chinese conglomerate has taken a hit across several countries.
All of the accounts, which often post the same content and almost always retweet each other, also saw a drop of thousands of followers after the Financial Times asked both Twitter and Huawei about this.
“Many of the accounts shared links to Huawei’s website promoting its work in the region and calling for the 5G debate not to be politicised,” the report said on Friday.