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Pro-CCP 'Spamouflage' network pivoting to focus on US Presidential Election
The long-running influence campaign suspected to be run by the CCP and often referred to as ‘Spamouflage’ is already pivoting to focus on the expected competition between President Joe Biden and Republican forerunner Donald Trump.
The long-running influence campaign suspected to be run by the CCP and often referred to as ‘ Spamouflage ’ is already pivoting to focus on the expected competition between President Joe Biden and Republican forerunner Donald Trump. In April 2023 the US Department of Justice charged 40 employees of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security’s 912 Special Projects Working Group for their involvement in an influence campaign which, based on details in the indictment, appears extremely likely to be Spamouflage. This includes using a network of accounts to share original images (which are now often AI generated, although in some cases more traditional photo editing tools like Photoshop also continue to be used) to illustrate the narrative being promoted.
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