Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a rally in Montreal, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The Conservatives say they have no connection to a rash of social media bots that flooded the X platform following a Pierre Poilievre event in northern Ontario last week.
A rapid assessment of the suspected bot campaign associated with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent speaking event in northern Ontario was likely the work of an amateur.Academics who study social media say a suspected bot campaign associated with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent speaking event in northern Ontario likely was the work of an amateur.
These posts claimed to be from people who attended Poilievre's event in Kirkland Lake, Ont. They were actually generated by accounts in Russia, France and other places, and many of them had similar messaging. Global Affairs Canada's Rapid Response Mechanism , set up to monitor foreign state-sponsored disinformation efforts, said the campaign was "connected to the People's Republic of China" and was meant to curb criticism of the communist regime.
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