Canada has revealed the detection of a disinformation campaign believed to be linked to China, targeting numerous politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
This campaign, termed “spamouflage,” utilized a barrage of online posts to discredit Canadian Members of Parliament, according to the country’s foreign ministry. The objective appeared to be suppressing criticism of Beijing. China has consistently denied involvement in Canadian affairs.
Global Affairs Canada disclosed that its Rapid Response Mechanism, designed to monitor state-sponsored disinformation from foreign sources, identified a “spamouflage” campaign associated with Beijing in August.
This effort, which intensified in early September, employed a bot network to inundate the social media accounts of various Canadian politicians with comments in both English and French. These comments alleged that a critic of the Chinese Communist Party in Canada had accused the politicians of legal and ethical transgressions.
The campaign also featured the likely use of “deep fake” videos, digitally altered by artificial intelligence, targeting individuals. This is the latest in a series of allegations from Canadian intelligence agencies and officials asserting Beijing’s interference in Canada’s elections.
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