Twitterhassuspended a tieaccountlinkedtoaninfluencecampaigninfavorofthecountry's monarchy, amidmonthsoftaboobreakingprotestscallingforThailand's primeministertoresignandreformofitspalace.
That's after a ReutersanalysisfoundtheaccountwasconnectedtothousandsofothersspreadingpostsinfavorofKingMahaVajiralongkorn.
Andwhilenotdirectlylinkedtotheaccount, internalArmytrainingdocumentsreviewedbyReutersshowedevidenceof a coordinatedinformationcampaigndesignedtotargetopponentsandspreadpromonarchymessagesonTwitter, animportantplatformforcriticismofthegovernment.
Evenbeforetheprotests.
AfterReuterssoughtcommentfromTwitteronWednesday, theaccountat J.
Quotetheaccountinquestionwassuspendedforviolatingourrulesonspamandplatformmanipulation, thespokespersonsaiditwasnot a resultoftheReutersrequest.
TheReutersanalysisfoundthatmorethan 80% ofaccountsthatfollowedguitarstoschoolhadthemselvesbeencreatedsincethestartofSeptember, and a sampleofthoseshowedthatalltheydidwaspromoteroyalistHashtags.