Facebook shuts thousands of fake Chinese accounts masquerading as Americans

Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year's elections, Meta said Thursday.
Title: Facebook shuts thousands of fake Chinese accounts masquerading as Americans
URL: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231130-facebook-shuts-down-china-based-accounts-threatening-democracies-ahead-of-2024-vote
Publisher: France 24
Date published: November 30, 2023
Description:

Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday.

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