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applegrove

(123,448 posts)
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 11:52 PM Oct 2023

Chinese 'Spamouflage' disinformation campaign targeted Trudeau, Poilievre, says Global Affairs

Chinese ‘Spamouflage’ disinformation campaign targeted Trudeau, Poilievre, says Global Affairs
ROBERT FIFEOTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF
STEVEN CHASESENIOR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER
OTTAWA
PUBLISHED YESTERDAY
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-chinese-spamouflage-disinformation-canadian-mps/

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Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, were the targets of a disinformation campaign known as “Spamouflage” and carried out by the Chinese government in August and September, Global Affairs Canada says.

“This campaign targeted dozens of MPs from across the political spectrum and spanning multiple geographic regions of Canada, including the Prime Minister, the leader of the Official Opposition, and several members of cabinet,” the department said Monday in a statement.

The department’s Rapid Response Mechanism, which was set up to counter foreign state-sponsored disinformation, said the aim was to discourage MPs from criticizing China’s authoritarian Communist Party.

“These spam comments claimed that a critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Canada had accused the various MPs of criminal and ethical violations,” Global Affairs said. “The Spamouflage campaign also included the use of likely ‘deepfake’ videos, which are digitally modified by artificial intelligence, targeting the individual.”

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Chinese 'Spamouflage' disinformation campaign targeted Trudeau, Poilievre, says Global Affairs (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2023 OP
When do we realize that China is waging an info war against the US too? Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #1
60 Minutes, this past Sunday, went into how the 5 eyes applegrove Oct 2023 #2
Of course they are. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #3

Irish_Dem

(58,803 posts)
1. When do we realize that China is waging an info war against the US too?
Tue Oct 24, 2023, 07:28 AM
Oct 2023

Russia and China has worked very hard to destabilize western democracies.
And they have been very successful.

applegrove

(123,448 posts)
2. 60 Minutes, this past Sunday, went into how the 5 eyes
Tue Oct 24, 2023, 06:59 PM
Oct 2023

intelligence groups all see China as the number one threat to them (US, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand).

Irish_Dem

(58,803 posts)
3. Of course they are.
Wed Oct 25, 2023, 06:26 AM
Oct 2023

I have been saying that for the past couple of years, point by point.
And I don't even work for Five Eyes or 60 minutes.

The US is going to have to gets it act together.
Or we may well see China and Russia being the 21st century superpowers.

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