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‘Spamouflage’ is a tactic that uses new or hijacked social media accounts to post and amplify propaganda messages across multiple platforms, GAC says

China’s ‘Spamouflage Campaign’ Targets Trudeau, Poilievre, MPs: Global Affairs Canada


By Epoch Times ——--October 23, 2023

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and dozens of Canadian MPs have been targeted by a “spamouflage” campaign coming from China, said Global Affairs Canada (GAC).

The agency’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) detected the campaign in which a bot network left thousands of comments in English and French on the social media accounts of Canadian MPs, the GAC said in a statement issued on Oct. 23. The incident was first detected in early August 2023 and accelerated in scale over the September long weekend, said the GAC. ---More...


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