
<p>ABUJA, May 17 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Nigeria is monitoring Meta Platforms Inc&#8217;s&nbsp;FB.O&nbsp;Facebook and other platforms to ensure they comply with demands to curtail hate speech on their sites, as it steps up its campaign for responsible use of social media, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday.</p>



<p>Mohammed&#8217;s comments came after meeting with Facebook&#8217;s team in Nigeria&#8217;s capital, Abuja. He said Facebook had done nothing to curtail the activities of separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on their platform despite several complaints.</p>



<p>Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB&#8217;s leader, is standing trial on charges that include terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods. A judge will decide on Wednesday on whether Kanu should be granted bail.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2W62BC&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2W55OW&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>Mohammed said the separatist group has been classified as a terrorist organisation and that &#8220;Facebook has no justification for yielding its platform to the organisation to further its campaign of hate and destabilisation of the country&#8221;.</p>



<p>Nigeria is facing secessionist agitation which has given rise to regional calls for power-sharing between southern and northern Nigeria.</p>



<p>The country is also dealing with insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, a weak currency amid double-digit inflation and slow growth.</p>



<p>Mohammed said the Facebook meeting was called to discuss the increasing use of the social media platform by separatists based outside Nigeria to instigate violence and ethnic hatred in the country in English and local language.</p>



<p>He said the government has no intention of preventing Nigerians from using social media but is advocating responsible use.</p>



<p>Nigeria lifted a six-months ban on Twitter&nbsp;TWTR.N&nbsp;in January after the social media company removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists. Telecoms companies subsequently blocked access to users in Nigeria.<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL2N2NM1P8&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>(Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha)</p>


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Nigeria asks Facebook, other platforms to curtail hate speech￼

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<p>Social media platforms have been cited as the number one source of misinformation that many have come to call fake news. In a year where it has become more imperative to have access to the correct information, has Facebook done enough? CNBC Africa spoke to Kojo Boakye, Head of Policy at Facebook in Africa for more.</p>


Here’s what Facebook is doing to counter misinformation on its platform

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<p>The big four tech giants, worth nearly $5 trillion reported earnings last week defying the worst economic downturns on record. Joining CNBC Africa for more on the numbers is Henry Biddlecombe, Analyst at Anchor Capital.</p>


Tech giants report strong earnings

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<p>On the 10th of June, Facebook rolled out Messenger Kids across Sub-Saharan Africa. The video chat and messaging app will help children connect with friends and family in a parent-controlled space. Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Policy in Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Facebook launches Messenger Kids across Sub-Saharan Africa


<p>JOHANNESBURG, 11 June 2020:- South Africa’s largest annual study of social media trends has revealed that Facebook remains the social platform of choice for marketing – but TikTok is rising fast among both brands and consumers.<br><br>According to the 2020 edition of the <em>SA Social Media Landscape</em>, released this week by World Wide Worx and Ornico, almost a third of major brands intend to become active on TikTok, which is also the fastest growing social media platform among consumers. Fewer than 20% of brands have used it in the past year, but none believe they are doing so very effectively.<br><br>These numbers are likely to change significantly during 2020. It is estimated that around 6-million South Africans are already using the platform. Nine out of ten major brands – just more than 89% – indicated they were active on Facebook, versus 77% on Twitter, 75% on LinkedIn and 68% on Instagram.<br><br>“There was a common factor across all these platforms, however: a substantial drop in engagement from the previous year,” says Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of World Wide Worx and lead analyst on the project. “The one exception was LinkedIn, which saw a small increase in activity by major brands. LinkedIn also led the way in the proportion of older platforms that were intending to use it for the first time in the coming year: a large 21%. One could argue that LinkedIn is a social platform whose time has come.”<br><br>Not surprisingly, lack of budget has emerged as the single most significant barrier to implementing social media strategies. A massive 18% are not allocating budget to social media, compared to only 1% last year. While Facebook remains the dominant platform among both brands and consumers, it has lost some appeal in terms of marketing budgets.<br><br>“Facebook spend has plateaued,” says Oresti Patricios, CEO of Ornico. “This signals how brands are looking at prioritising their budgets across platforms, which can also talk to where brands look to increase their communication.”<br><br>Patricios believes TikTok is set for explosive growth.<br><br>“Launched in China in 2016, TikTok is seen as the new kid on the block in South Africa which marketers and communicators are scrambling to understand.”<br><br>Goldstuck agrees: “The popularity of social media environments for brands has in the past been shown to be directly related to the level of usage of those platforms by marketers. Hence, TikTok is almost non-existent among big brands, as the marketers behind those brands are not active on TikTok.”<br><br>Twitter and Instagram both showed strong growth in the past year, each reaching a user base of about 9-million. Data analysed for the <em>SA Social Media Landscape 2020</em> report from the Target Group Index (TGI), a research survey among 30,000 South Africans coducted by Ask Afrika, shows that just over half of Instagram and Twitter users – 4,7-million on each – are highly active on these platforms.<br><br>Contrary to the view that Twitter is primarily a vehicle for negative sentiment, data on all South African tweets over a 12 month period, provided for the project by audience intelligence company Brandwatch, shows a different picture. Of the tweets reflecting sentiment, 61% comprise positive sentiments, against 39% negative.  However, it is clear that even 39% remains a high proportion, and generates significant shade over the Twitter landscape in general.<br></p>


Facebook holds on as TikTok invades Social Media in SA

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<p>This week, Made in Rwanda cashless payment app, Nokanda, a product of software company, Hexacomb; rose to the number one spot on Google Play Store’s, “Top Free” category in Rwanda. The ranking, which often belongs to social media giants such as, WhatsApp and Facebook reflects a change in priorities for mobile users in the country. CNBC Africa spoke to Ernest Kayinamura, founder and CEO of the company for more.</p>


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<p>Tech companies from Asia, Europe and Africa have teamed up with Facebook to build one of the largest subsea cable projects in the world. The project, called 2Africa seeks to penetrate Africa’s internet market, where less than a quarter of its population of 1.3 billion people have internet connectivity. Kojo Boakye, Public Policy Director, Facebook Africa joins CNBC Africa more.</p>


Penetrating Africa’s internet market through the sea

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<p>A number of small businesses in Ethiopia are protesting the way Facebook is handling their business pages with some being pulled down from the social media site.</p>


Outcry as small businesses in Ethiopia have their pages pulled down by Facebook

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<p>As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise globally, social media giant, Facebook has stepped up its fight against misinformation regarding the virus on its platforms. Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Public Policy for Africa for more.</p>


Facebook steps up fight against misinformation regarding COVID-19 pandemic

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Facebook just concluded its Safer Internet Week commemoration aimed at promoting a safer internet for all users, especially young people by bringing together parents, online safety organizations and online safety and well-being experts. Mercy Ndegwa, Facebook Head of Public Policy in East Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Here’s what Facebook users in Africa need to know about online safety


<p>By <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/kate-rooney/">Kate Rooney</a><br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/Kr00ney" target="_blank">@KR00NEY</a> </p>



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<ul><li>The Square and Twitter CEO says he plans on spending up to six months in Africa and that “Africa will define the future.”</li><li>Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all involved in the continent with accelerator programs — Visa, Mastercard and Salesforce are making venture investments in African start-ups.</li><li>Early Facebook investor Jim Breyer says Africa “presents some fundamental leapfrog opportunities” that have been unlocked through the rise in mobile phones and other platforms.</li></ul>



<p>Jack Dorsey is in good company when it comes to Africa.</p>



<p>The CEO of <a class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=TWTR">Twitter</a> and <a class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=SQ">Square</a> <a class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/jack-dorseys-move-to-africa-raises-questions-for-investors.html">announced</a> in November that he would spend up to six months in the continent in 2020, with few specifics. But he’s one of dozens of U.S. CEOs and global venture capital investors seeing potential for technology disruption — and returns — throughout the continent.</p>



<p>“We’re seeing a lot of the investment opportunity and growth happening in the tech sector,” said Witney Schneidman, a Brookings fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative and former deputy secretary of state Clinton administration.</p>



<p>“Jack Dorsey is in the right place at the right time and investing the appropriate amount of time to begin to understand the complexity of the African market.”</p>



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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jack"><strong>jack&nbsp;</strong><strong>✔</strong>@jack</a><a href="https://twitter.com/jack/status/1199774792917929984"></a></p>



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<p>Sad to be leaving the continent…for now. Africa will define the future (especially the bitcoin one!). Not sure where yet, but I’ll be living here for 3-6 months mid 2020. Grateful I was able to experience a small part. </p>



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<p>Africa has a young and booming population, which Schneidman said makes it a “natural market for any tech entrepreneur.” The 54 countries in Africa have a combined population of 1.3 billion people with an average age of 19, and more than half of global population growth over the next 30 years will happen there, according to a recent UN report. Africa also has the largest population of underbanked and unbanked people in the world, making it appealing for companies in financial tech and payments.</p>



<p>Jim Breyer, an early Facebook investor and partner at Accel Partners, likened the investment opportunity to China in the early 2000s. Breyer, who’s now the founder of Breyer Capital and Co-Chairman of IDG Capital based in Beijing, said promising businesses in Africa haven’t necessarily invented something new — they’re finding “novel ways to leverage technology.”</p>



<p>“Africa similarly presents some fundamental leapfrog opportunities that have been unlocked through the use of mobile phones and other technology platforms,” said Breyer. “We’re seeing some of the smartest individuals from top academic institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere return to the African continent, thereby contributing to a growing talent pool of entrepreneurs and developers.”</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Venture bets</h2>



<p>Major tech companies are taking notice and have launched start-up accelerator program to help get more companies off the ground.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=MSFT" class="">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;said in May that it will spend $100 million over five years on its first African development center, starting in Kenya and Nigeria.&nbsp;<a href="https://cchubnigeria.com/fbstart/" class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=GOOGL" class="">Google</a>&nbsp;both have African accelerator&nbsp;<a href="https://developers.google.com/community/launchpad/accelerators" class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">programs</a>&nbsp;for local start-ups.</p>



<p>Chinese conglomerate Alibaba has a similar&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/startup" class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">program</a>. In December, Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma published an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/jack-ma-africa-digital-economy.html" class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">op-ed</a>&nbsp;in the New York Times outlining the “next digital revolution” driven by African entrepreneurs.</p>



<p>Some companies are going the venture capital route and placing strategic investments in African start-ups. Visa, for example, announced a 20% stake in African consumer-payments product PalmPay.</p>



<p>Online payment processor Flutterwave, based in Lagos and San Francisco, is another popular bet. It has partnerships with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=UBER" class="">Uber</a>&nbsp;and Alipay and has raised money from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=CRM" class="">Salesforce</a>&nbsp;Ventures, Mastercard, and Google Developers Launchpad, among others, according to Pitchbook.</p>



<p>Breyer backed Ghanian healthcare company mPharma in 2017, which earlier this year acquired Kenya’s second-largest pharmacy chain. He has also backed e-commerce company Sokowatch, Africa Health Holdings, Jetstream, and Apollo Agriculture.</p>



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<p>Part of the opportunity is a lack of existing, legacy systems. Ben Lynett, another early investor in Sokowatch and founder of Lynett Capital, said that’s often an opportunity, not an obstacle.</p>



<p>“What we’re now seeing is missing infrastructure that tech can solve,” said Lynett, who began investing in Africa in 2016. “You have a lack of infrastructure and a potential leap-frog effect where things haven’t been build, but 2019 technology can come in and figure out what makes sense and apply it in a unique way.”</p>



<p>Valuations are also more “reasonable,” Lynett said. Of the more than 400 start-ups worth $1 billion or more only two are based in Africa, according to CB Insights.</p>



<p>Chinese venture investors have been upping their bets in the region. Two Nigerian fintech firms — Opay and PalmPay — raised more than $220 million from Chinese venture capital investors in the fourth quarter of 2019.</p>



<p>With those opportunities come headwinds. Lynett said scaling and finding enough technology-focused talent can be a challenge. Brookings’ Schneidman said knowing the rules and “ensuring the rules are consistent” across the 54 countries in Africa “can be a challenge” as well as finding local partners in that market can also be a headwind. But as valuations skyrocket in the U.S., there may be increased interest abroad.</p>



<p>“The venture capital world and Africa are still working hard to find each other,” he said. “The returns aren’t what investors are used to in the U.S. and Western Europe so we don’t see a flood at this point — but we do see people who understand the market.”</p>



<p><em>This article first appeared on CNBC  <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/jack-dorsey-follows-tech-companies-investors-in-africa-interest.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/jack-dorsey-follows-tech-companies-investors-in-africa-interest.html</a> and is republished with its permission </em></p>



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Why Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey and other major tech figures are suddenly interested in Africa


<p>By <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/cat-clifford/">Catherine Clifford</a> </p>



<p><a class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/mark-zuckerberg/">Mark Zuckerberg</a>&nbsp;has a net worth of<a class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/#1d1574613e06" target="_blank">&nbsp;$74 billion</a>, according to Forbes. The Facebook CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, could buy their two daughters almost anything.</p>



<p>But they don’t.</p>



<p>Zuckerberg told CBS’ Gayle King how he and Chan raise their kids to be grounded despite the family wealth.</p>



<p>“First of all, we don’t give them everything,” Zuckerberg said during the interview that aired Tuesday. “So I think that that’s an important piece.”</p>



<p>Maxima (known as Max), 4, and August, 2, also have responsibilities around the house. “They have chores,” said Zuckerberg.</p>



<p>In May, Zuckerberg shared on Facebook a video of his daughters loading the dishwasher. The caption read, “parenting milestone unlocked.”</p>



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<p>“We also take [our daughters] to work,” Chan told King. “Mark and I take both of them to work, to the office, to see sort of, like, what we do, how we contribute.”</p>



<p>And work “comes home” too, Chan said. “We care deeply about our work. And so we don’t leave it at the door.”</p>



<p>Billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/warren-buffett/" class="">Warren Buffett</a>&nbsp;has also discussed raising down to earth children. (Buffett’s three children, Susan, Howard and Peter are now in their 60s.)</p>



<p>“Our kids had a very normal growing-up. I mean, they’ve only and I’ve only lived in one primary house that I’ve owned in my life, and I bought that in 1958,” Buffett told Forbes in 2013. (Buffett, who is currently worth&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/warren-buffett/?list=billionaires#4b8adb5a4639" class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">$86 billion</a>, famously still lives in the Omaha, Nebraska,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/warren-buffetts-california-beach-house-is-still-for-sale.html" class="">home he bought in 1958</a>&nbsp;for $31,000.)</p>



<p>“So they did not see us moving into progressively fancier houses; they did not ride in private planes. They went to school on the bus,” Buffett said. “Every member of the Buffett family in Omaha has gone to a public school. They went to the same school that their mother had gone to. They went to the same high school that she’d gone to.”</p>



<p>Buffett also co-founded The Giving Pledge, a public commitment for billionaires to give the majority of their wealth away, with billionaire Bill Gates.</p>



<p>Billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates use their hard work and such philanthropic endeavors to lead by example for their children, Jennifer, 23; Phoebe, 17; and Rory, 20.</p>



<p>“If life happens to bless you with talent or treasure, you have a responsibility to use those gifts as well and as wisely as you possibly can,” the Gates wrote in their&nbsp;<a class="" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://givingpledge.org/Pledger.aspx?id=199" target="_blank">letter of commitment on The Giving Pledge website</a>. </p>



<p><em>This article first appeared on CNBC&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/04/mark-zuckerberg-on-raising-kids-that-are-not-spoiled.html?forYou=true">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/04/mark-zuckerberg-on-raising-kids-that-are-not-spoiled.html?forYou=true</a>&nbsp;and is republished with its permission.</em></p>


Mark Zuckerberg on how to be a multi-billionaire and not raise spoiled kids

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<p>75 per cent of U.S industries have become condensed with a small number of leading firms in each sector such as Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. These firms dominate their respective industries in terms of sales, profits and equity returns. So why there is a growing concern for investors backing these so called ‘U.S superstar firms’. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Gavin Ralston the Head of Official Institutions and Thought Leadership at global asset manager Schroders.</p>


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<p>Facebook will host its first ever Facebook iD8 conference on the continent in Kenya and the event will bring together developers and start-ups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Global Head of Developer Programs at Facebook, Emeka Afigbo joins CNBC Africa to share more on the conference and the impact it will have on developers and start-ups in the region.</p>


Facebook hosts first iD8 developer event in Kenya

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<p>Social media giant, Facebook has made headlines for backlash they received for allowing political ads that contain false claims to run on their platform. Here on the continent, the company recently announced the expansion of its third-party fact checking program to 10 more African countries and is currently hosting a workshop in Nairobi about community standards and content policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but what does this mean and how does it work? Fadzai Madzingira, Public Policy Associate Manager for Content at Facebook joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Facebook tightens content policy with 3rd party fact-checking workshop in Nairobi


<p>By <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/annie-palmer/">Annie Palmer</a> </p>



<p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=TWTR" class="">Twitter</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=FB" class="">Facebook</a>&nbsp;have suspended numerous accounts that they say are tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.</p>



<p>Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html" class="">said Monday</a>&nbsp;it suspended 936 accounts likely related to the activity. The company said the disinformation campaign was designed to “sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political protest movement on the ground.”</p>



<p>Over the weekend, approximately <a class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/18/hong-kong-protesters-throng-streets-peacefully-in-heavy-rain.html">1.7 million anti-government protesters</a>gathered in Hong Kong to rally peacefully against the Chinese government, which assumed rule of the former British colony in 1997. Protests erupted in June following a now-suspended bill that would allow criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China.</p>



<p>“Based on our intensive investigations, we have reliable evidence to support that this is a coordinated state-backed operation,” the company said in a blog post. “Specifically, we have identified large clusters of accounts behaving in a coordinated manner to amplify messages related to the Hong Kong protests.”</p>



<p>Following Twitter’s announcement, Facebook&nbsp;<a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/removing-cib-china/" class="">said in a blog post&nbsp;</a>that it was acting on a tip from Twitter. Both companies face increased pressure to crack down on fake accounts and false content on their platforms in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, during which foreign actors used the sites to sow division around social issues.</p>



<p>Twitter’s latest move comes after social media site Pinboard warned days earlier that China was using Twitter to distribute posts from state media discrediting the protests.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every day I go out and see stuff with my own eyes, and then I go to report it on Twitter and see promoted tweets saying the opposite of what I saw. Twitter is taking money from Chinese propaganda outfits and running these promoted tweets against the top Hong Kong protest hashtags <a href="https://t.co/6Wb0Km6GOb">pic.twitter.com/6Wb0Km6GOb</a></p>&mdash; Pinboard (@Pinboard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1162711159000055808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>Twitter is blocked in China, but many of the accounts it discovered were using virtual private networks, which encrypt and anonymize web traffic. The accounts it suspended represent the “most active” portion of the broader spam campaign, which it estimates to include about 200,000 accounts.</p>



<p>As a result of the announcement, Twitter <a class="" href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/advertising_policies_on_state_media.html">said</a> it would no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities.</p>



<p>The company didn’t call out any specific news outlets in the post, but said it was including any entities that are “either financially or editorially controlled by the state.” The organizations are still able to use the platform for communication, just not for advertisements.</p>



<p>Twitter clarified that the updated policy doesn’t apply to taxpayer-funded entities, such as independent public broadcasters.</p>



<p>Facebook removed seven pages, three groups and five accounts in what it calls coordinated inauthentic behavior targeting Hong Kong. About 15,500 accounts followed one or more of the now-deactivated pages, while roughly 2,200 accounts joined at least one of the groups, Facebook said.</p>



<p><em>This article first appeared on CNBC </em><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/19/twitter-accuses-china-of-running-disinformation-campaign-against-hong-kong-protesters.html"><em>https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/19/twitter-accuses-china-of-running-disinformation-campaign-against-hong-kong-protesters.html</em></a><em> and is republished with its permission.</em></p>


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