דוח: חשבונות מדיה חברתית המופעלים ע"י גורמים סינים מקדמים פילוג ומחלוקות בארה"ב

The latest in the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations in the U.S., a recent report finds China is using social media to pose as Americans and then spread divisive political content operating just ahead of the midterm elections. And our Washington correspondent, Jack Bradley has the details. The Chinese Communist Party is behind an effort to repurpose established media accounts to amplify politically divisive content. That's according to a recent report by online intelligence firm Graphika. So with China, they have thousands of fake accounts, personas, that seed or generate or post content. And then there's a second wave of fake accounts that come along and amplify that content, try and boost it. Accounts with tens of thousands of followers targeting critics of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese dissidents, and Falun Gong. A spiritual practice brutally persecuted in China. Those same accounts now amplifying posts about U.S. immigration, mass shootings, and election integrity. Repurposed to sow political division in the U.S. One account, Kulture, with over 200,000 followers, once posted about Filipino food and culture. But after going silent for two years, it returned with pro-Beijing messaging, then to U.S. politics. Circulating content, both supporting and... criticizing President Trump. X has since suspended the account this week and this influence operation spreads across numerous social media platforms. Both of them were using ChatGPT to generate content which was then posted on social media by accounts posing as Americans. And both of them, in their own ways, were trying to jump on existing debates in the U.S. and, if you like, give them a bit of a CCP steer to steer them in a direction which might be in line with CCP strategic objectives. In 2023, Meta removed thousands of accounts and pages associated with this network spreading pro-Beijing narratives and targeting critics of the CCP. Jack Bradley, NTD News, Washington.