Protestors gather during a rally at Victoria Park on Aug. 18, 2019, in Hong Kong.
Pro-democracy protesters have continued rallies on the streets of Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill since June 9 as the city plunged intoHONG KONG (CNN) - A covert state-backed social media campaign run from China has sought to undermine ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, according to information released by Twitter and Facebook on Monday.
This is the first time tech companies have pointed the finger at Beijing for covert efforts to influence messaging around the protests in Hong Kong, which have now involved 11 consecutive weekends of mass demonstrations.
Facebook then identified about a dozen pages, accounts and groups on its platform that were tied to the operation.
The Facebook pages were followed by about 15,000 accounts, the company said.