‘Spamouflage’: Canada Says CCP Bots Targeted Lawmakers’ Social Media With Mass Disinformation Campaign – Spy Agency Blocks Chinese Acquisitions of Property Close to Strategic Assets
Canadian foreign policy has definitely entered a new era in which tensions that were worked out in secret are now all out in the open.
While still in the throes of a diplomatic spat with India, accused by Ottawa of involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist, it now appears that Canada has singled China out as the next former friendly country turning foe in front of the public.
The Canadian government detected a China-linked campaign that ‘involved bots posting disinformation and propaganda as comments’ on the social media feeds of members of parliament, including the prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
The ‘spamouflage’ used networks of new and hijacked social media accounts to post bulk messages.
