As voters prepare to cast their ballots in the November election, U.S. adversaries like China are making their own plans. A network of fake accounts designed to mimic Americans was recently revealed by researchers at the online analysis firm Graphika. Graphika linked the network to a well-known Chinese disinformation operation.
FILE - A woman walks with her ballot to a vacant voting booth at City Hall in San Francisco, March 5, 2024. FILE - A woman walks with her ballot to a vacant voting booth at City Hall in San Francisco, March 5, 2024. FILE - A woman walks with her ballot to a vacant voting booth at City Hall in San Francisco, March 5, 2024.
The account was traced back to Spamouflage, a Chinese disinformation group, by analysts at Graphika, a New York-based firm that tracks online networks. Known to online researchers for several years, Spamouflage earned its moniker through its habit of spreading large amounts of seemingly unrelated content alongside disinformation.
“We’re going to see a widening of the playing field when it comes to influence operations, where it’s not just Russia, China and Iran but you also see smaller actors getting involved,” Lesser said.The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.When analysts first noticed Spamouflage five years ago, the network tended to post generically pro-China, anti-American content.
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