The China-based influence campaign involved roughly 80 accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter that planned to stoke conflict over “hot button” issues.
The influence campaign involved roughly 80 accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter that planned to stoke conflict over “hot button” issues like abortion and gun control.Meta global threat intelligence lead Ben Nimmo“And it’s the first time we’ve seen that from a Chinese operation in this way. So even though it was small, even though we caught it early, it’s a significant change in what we’ve seen from Chinese operations,” he added.
Meta announced that it had disabled accounts related to a China-based influence campaign that aimed to spread political divisions ahead of the midterm elections.Meta said while the influence campaign originated in China, it was unable to determine any level of involvement by the Chinese government.
“This meant that the operation was mostly posting when Americans were sleeping,” the social media giant noted. Meta also said it disrupted a Russian-based campaign that spread false information about the war in Ukraine and targeted Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom as well as Ukraine.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Facebook Says It Took Down China-based Accounts That Tried to Interfere in the US MidtermsFacebook parent company Meta said fake accounts posing as Americans attacked politicians from both parties and posted divisive material about issues such as abortion and gun rights
Read more »
How Chinese Celebrities Are Amplifying Official Policy on Taiwan Via ‘One China’ MessagesChinese celebrities have become increasingly politically active on social media over the years – in part to help advance their careers.
Read more »
China Box Office Slows to Crawl Speed Ahead of National Day HolidayChina recorded an unchanged top five films and its weakest box office weekend since Chinese New Year. Nationwide gross box office was just $18.6 million. Comedy drama film “Give Me Five” held on to…
Read more »
China reports 999 new COVID cases for Sept 25 vs 936 a day earlierChina reported 999 new COVID-19 infections on Sept. 25, of which 295 were symptomatic and 704 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
Read more »