China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms.
Chinese Trolls Pretend to Be Psycho Magas.
China has adopted some of the same #misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.
Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of criminal defendant Donald, promoting #conspiracy theories, stoking #domestic divisions and attacking President #Biden ahead of the #election in November, according to researchers and government officials.
The accounts signal a potential tactical shift in how Beijing aims to hijack American politics, with more of a willingness to target specific candidates & parties, including Mr. Biden.
In an echo of Russia’s influence campaign before the 2016 election, China is trying to harness partisan divisions to undermine the Biden administration’s policies, despite recent efforts by the two countries to lower the temperature in their relations.