Meta Discovers Wide Online Propaganda Network Led by Communist China

A groundbreaking report exposes the strength of the People’s Republic’s grip on leading social media platforms.

AP/Jeff Chiu, file
A Meta sign is displayed at the company's booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 at San Francisco. AP/Jeff Chiu, file

An analysis by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, says a year-long influence campaign led by covert users with ties to the authoritarian regime in China peddled anti-American and pro-Chinese messaging across thousands of Facebook accounts and hundreds of pages.

The campaign, dubbed “Spamoflauge,” was led by covert users who garnered more than half a million followers across 50 online forums and social media sites, including the company formerly known as Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, as well as Medium and Meta-owned platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

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