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‘Bot-like’ network attacked Carney over ‘net zero agenda,’ says analysis
Social media bot network suspected of using climate change disinformation campaign against Liberal leader
A network of “bot-like” social media accounts that targeted Liberal Leader Mark Carney in the lead-up to the federal election claimed a firm where he used to work will benefit from the party’s “net zero agenda.” More than 140 countries have pledged to reach that target, mostly by 2050, as a way to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels — the point where scientists say irreversible damage will be done to the Earth’s climate system. Chris Tenove, assistant director at the University of British Columbia’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, said it appeared CAAD has found “co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour by a network of bot-like accounts.”
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