US Voters Targeted by Chinese Online Influence Campaign Ahead of November Election: Report

The Chinese regime’s campaign has become more aggressive in its efforts to sway U.S. political conversations ahead of the election, an analyst says.

An illustration of silhouettes of laptop users next to a screen projection of binary code. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

The Chinese communist regime’s disinformation networks on social media are using fake user accounts to impersonate Americans, denigrate U.S. candidates, and push divisive messages ahead of the November presidential election in the United States, according to a Sept. 3 report by New York-based intelligence company Graphika.

The social media influence operation is part of a disinformation campaign that analysts have dubbed “Spamouflage” or “Dragonbridge.”