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Buying influence: how China is manipulating Facebook and Twitter

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The New York Times: Flood global social media with fake accounts used to advance an authoritarian agenda. Do them [look real and increase their number of subscribers](//www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.html) . Look up the state’s online reviews – and find out who they are and where they live. The Chinese government has launched a global online campaign to restore its image and undermine accusations of human rights violations. Much of the effort is taking place in the shadows, behind the appearance of botnets that generate automatic posts and hard-to-trace online personas. Now, a new set of documents reviewed by The New York Times…

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