Beijing Likely Deploying Bot Network on Twitter to Spread Pandemic Disinformation, State Department Finds
The U.S. State Department has discovered a coordinated bot campaign on Twitter designed to disseminate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disinformation, forming part of Beijing s campaign to deflect blame over its role in causing the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The department s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which works to expose foreign disinformation efforts, recently identified thousands of inauthentic Twitter accounts used to help Chinese embassies and diplomats spread disinformation.