Chinese campaigns are active on Twitter and other sites, while some disinformation campaigns are also using generative AI content to create graphics
Microsoft's report included screenshots of two different X posts in April that were identified as CCP-affiliated disinformation. Both were about the Black Lives Matter movement and had the same graphic. The first came from an automated CCP-affiliated account. The second, Microsoft said, was uploaded by an account impersonating a conservative U.S. voter seven hours later.
The operations identified by Microsoft shared hallmarks with one allegedly run by an elite group within China's national security apparatus, the company said. That organization, the 912 Special Working Group, was identified by the Justice Department in April as perpetrating a harassment campaign targeting Chinese nationals across the U.S. The government
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