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

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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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[Irish_Dem]

1. When do we realize that China is waging an info war against the US too?

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

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2. 60 Minutes, this past Sunday, went into how the 5 eyes

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

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3. Of course they are.

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.