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A pro-Chinese network has tried to infiltrate social media to take shots at the president
Following President Trump's increasingly hard-line stance on China, numerous fake Chinese accounts have taken shots at the president over a number of issues on social media, including the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly published research.
The research, put together by Graphika, details the actions taken by a network dubbed "Spamoflauge Dragon," a pro-Chinese spam network. Prior to being taken down by Google-owned YouTube, Facebookand Twitter, the network of spammers -- some which were created this year -- appeared to "operate in a dispersed model," the research firm said.
"The latest wave of Spamouflage activity differs in two key ways from its predecessors," researchers wrote. "First, it includes a wealth of videos in English and targets the United States, especially its foreign policy, its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, its racial inequalities, and its moves against TikTok. This is the first time the network has published substantial volumes of English-language content alongside its ongoing Chinese coverage--a clear expansion of its scope."
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President Trump targeted in videos from Chinese network of fake accounts, as Big Tech battles back
A pro-Chinese network has tried to infiltrate social media to take shots at the president
Following President Trump's increasingly hard-line stance on China, numerous fake Chinese accounts have taken shots at the president over a number of issues on social media, including the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly published research.
The research, put together by Graphika, details the actions taken by a network dubbed "Spamoflauge Dragon," a pro-Chinese spam network. Prior to being taken down by Google-owned YouTube, Facebookand Twitter, the network of spammers -- some which were created this year -- appeared to "operate in a dispersed model," the research firm said.
"The latest wave of Spamouflage activity differs in two key ways from its predecessors," researchers wrote. "First, it includes a wealth of videos in English and targets the United States, especially its foreign policy, its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, its racial inequalities, and its moves against TikTok. This is the first time the network has published substantial volumes of English-language content alongside its ongoing Chinese coverage--a clear expansion of its scope."
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President Trump targeted in videos from Chinese network of fake accounts, as Big Tech battles back
