Twitter and Facebook have suspended more than 80 accounts following a Reuters investigation that linked them to a network of news sites backed by the Indonesian army that publish pro-government propaganda about the restive region of Papua.
The 10 sites in the network appeared to be independent news outlets. But registration records and Reuters interviews with website editors and a special forces intelligence officer showed that they were all funded and coordinated by an Indonesian army corporal.
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