File photo shows Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang. (AP photo)

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily briefing today that he was “not aware” of the allegations of fake Twitter accounts, but added that Chinese people had the right to “express their opinions about” the situation in Hong Kong.

Twitter said it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong.

The company also said it will ban ads from state-backed media companies, expanding a prohibition it first applied in 2017 to two Russian entities.-AP