A pro-China network of fake and impostor accounts has found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as the country continues its subtle information war with the West.
The bots mock the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the deadly Capitol riot, new research published overnight has found.
Messages posted by the network, which also praised China, reached the social media feeds of government officials, including some in China and Venezuela who retweeted posts from the fake accounts to millions of their followers.
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