Why it matters: China is operating the world’s largest covert influence operation
Australia was one country targeted with spammy pro-China content
Spamouflage used more than 50 social media platforms, making it hard to take down
Australia was targeted by a China-based large scale, but often unsophisticated and irrelevant, covert influence operation spread across 50 social media platforms and forums.
Facebook owner Meta said the so-called spamouflage operation has run separate clusters of spam activity which it and other platforms have been taking down since 2019.
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