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[Compiler Guan Shuping/Comprehensive Report] Three Democratic congressmen sent a letter to social media company Twitter boss Elon Musk on the 6th, requesting information on possible "platform manipulation" by the Chinese government on the platform. Action" to restrict access to information about China's recent large-scale anti-Wuhan pneumonia epidemic prevention and control measures "white paper revolution".

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, committee member Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Assemblyman Jackie Speier, in a joint letter, according to a Nov. 27 Washington Post report. The report asked Musk to provide relevant information.

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"In order to ensure that the United States is prepared to counter, combat, and deter foreign influence threats online, we understand the extent of China's possible manipulation of the Twitter platform and identify some of the recent changes to Twitter that have implications for China's social status," the letter said. The impact of group media foreign influence operations is critical."

The US financial media CNBC website reported on the 7th that the three lawmakers demanded to know whether Twitter had any indication that blocking access to tweets about these demonstrations was spearheaded by Beijing, and whether there was any evidence that any state actors had tried to Deliberate suppression of access to information, through bots or other manipulation, and Twitter's ability to identify large-scale disinformation and information suppression operations.

The Washington Post report pointed out that after the "white paper revolution" anti-blockade demonstrations broke out in many places in China, many Chinese accounts used escorts and other pornographic messages to wash their pages, drowning out demonstration-related information on Twitter.

Xie Anda and other three congressmen asked Musk to reply before the end of this year.